The Palacio Clavijero is one of the most important architectural monuments of the city; its large courtyard, with seven arches on each side, is the largest among the Jesuit buildings in Mexico.
This majestic baroque style building dates from the mid-17th century and was originally the headquarters of the Jesuit school of San Francisco Xavier, a function that it performed until 1767. It even had the most innovative educational infrastructure: classrooms, laboratories, astronomical observatories and library.
Since its remodeling and opening, it has hosted a series of important exhibitions of great historical, anthropological and artistic value, with works by Diego Rivera, Javier Marín, Feliciano Béjar and Francisco Toledo, to name but a few.
As a curious fact, one of his students was the young Miguel Hidalgo y Costilla and among those who taught at this school is the New Spanish scientist, historian and philosopher Francisco Xavier Clavijero, whose name was already taken in our time for the building.
Schedule: Tuesday to Sunday: 10:00 to 18:00 hrs
Location: El Nigromante #79, Historic Center, Morelia.
Contact: Tel. 01 (443) 312 04 12 and 01 (443) 313 44 23