
Academia de San Carlos
Monumento Histórico
A 16th-century building that housed the second hospital in the city, founded by Fray Juan de Zumárraga. It had a chapel open to the public dedicated to the Virgin of Sorrows, with a façade facing the main street. The so-called "Hospital del Amor de Dios" closed its doors in 1788 and moved to the San Andrés Hospital. In 1781, Master Fernando José Mangino, representing the engraver Jerónimo Antonio Gil, presented the viceroy with a project for an academy of painting, sculpture, and architecture. It wasn't until 1791 that this building was adapted for the Royal Academy of the Three Noble Arts of San Carlos of New Spain. In 1845, it became the first institution to have gas lighting. It now houses the Academy Museum.
