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.