San Miguel de Allende - Church of San Francisco

The church of San Francisco, built at the end of the 18th c., can be found one block north-east of the main square. It has a beautiful Churrigueresque façade with a tall Neo-Classical tower, believed to be the work of Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras. The influence of Tresguerras is just as strongly evident in the Neo-Classical interior. In front of the church lies a small park containing a monument to Christopher Columbus, and on its west side stands the 18th c. Church of the Third Order.