Cristóbal de Medina Vargas

Catedral Metropolitana

Ubicaci�n Plaza de la Constitución s/n, Col. Centro.

Centro Histórico (Imperdibles)

Santa Catarina Church & Plaza, La Lagunilla

Ubicaci�n República de Brasil, Centro Histórico, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06020 CDMX

Churches and Cathedrals

Santa Veracruz

Ubicaci�n 2 de Abril 6, Col Guerrero, Alc. Cuauhtémoc, 06300 CDMX

Churches and Cathedrals

Museo de la Cancillería: The Chancellery Museum

Ubicaci�n República de El Salvador 47, Centro, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Museums Museums

Garden of the Triple Alliance

Ubicaci�n Calle de Filomeno Mata, corner of Tacuba, Centro Histórico, Cuauhtémoc, 06000 CDMX

Public Art/Monuments

Metro Misterios

Ubicaci�n Circuito Interior, Colonia Vallejo, Gustavo A. Madero 07870 CDMX

Metro & Transit Stops

Cristóbal de Medina Vargas Machuca (1635-1699) was one of the first truly great architects born and raised in Mexico City. Not many of his works remain, but what you can see are truly astounding. He's long been considered one of the greats of the New Spanish Baroque, a style that lent tremendous color and form to Colonial Mexico and especially Mexico City.

Medina Vargas is probably best remembered for his signature use of Solomonic columns and cushions. As the designer of the Monuments along the Calzada de los Misterios, he's among the least well-recognized. These monuments were created between 1675 and 1676. Many were restored in 1999.

Among the lost works of Medina Vargas, the Santa Fe Aqueduct is probably the most tragic. The waterway ran for most of the Calzada de Mexico-Tacuba and ended with a cistern at the corner of the corner of Avenida Hidalgo and Eje Central, at the rear of today's Palacio de Bellas Artes.

The listings below include some of his most prominent Mexico City projects.