Mexico City - Colegio de las Vizcainas

Returning to Calle San Jerónimo and going west along this street we come, just before Avenida Lázaro Cárdenas and on Callejon San Ignacio, to the Colegio de las Vizcainas or Colegio de San Ignacio. This is a Baroque structure built by Miguel José de Quiera between 1734 and 1786 as a Basque girls' school. It boasts a very beautiful Churrigueresque chapel which, like the north front, is attributed to Lorenzo Rodríguez. There is a small religious museum which is open to the public at certain times only.