 In
Yuriria, located in the south of the state of Guanajuato, we found
the spectacular AgustinoEx-Convent of San Pablo, an extraordinary
example of the architecture of the XVI century. It is placed next to the
Lagoon of Yuriria, the first hydraulic work of the Virreinal period.
As fundamental necessity of the conquerors of the XVI century to raise
strengths to protect themselves, this convent was constructed, it
impresses us with its high heavy and solemn walls. The originality
of its design is pronounced in the facade of its temple. The
claustro with its gothic vaults bring us to what
today is a museum that exhibits an important collection of
religious art, paintings and the first canoes used by the fishermen of the
lagoon.
The origins of Yuriria comes from the pre-Hispanic time, during which
the chupícuara culture grew in this zone . Its original name
"Yuririapúndaro", means in tarasco “lake of blood”, perhaps in reference to
the legend, that is apparently reality , according to which
in the crater of the volcano next to the lagoon, there werw thrown the bodies of the
sacrificed war prisoners.
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 Yuriria
is a term that derives from the purépecha word "Yuririapúndaro" that
means “lake of blood”. Fray Diego de Chávez y Alvarado constructed the
artificial lagoon of Yuriria in 1552, for regulate the
avenues of the Lerma river.
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 The magnificient San Agustin Convent , founded with the name of "San Pablo de
Yuririapúndaro" by Fray Diego de Chávez on the XVI century , is a fortress that lodges pieces of Chupícuaro culture, colonial and of local interest. The temple
dates from 1570 and its facade constitutes an indigenous interpretation
of the plateresco.
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Yuriria 
