Sierra Madre .
For the year 1833 , only mineral San Dimas had produced 55 billion pesos , although previously, the mineral La Candelaria , owned by wealthy miner Juan Jose Zambrano, had made possible the construction of one of the most important architectural city ​​: the Palace and Teatro Coliseo Zambrano today Government Palace and Victoria Theatre .
Being declared Durango ecclesiastical capital of all the Northwestern New Spain , the need for sustaining a strong " spiritual conquest " , coupled with the marked Spanish religiosity , make donations flowing rich miners and ranchers then, aimed at construction of temples and monasteries . Durango Cathedral is the most significant example of this momentum building . Come and peek into the past of this beautiful colonial city. In its beautiful historic center , nearly a thousand buildings constructed over three centuries await : baroque , neoclassical , neo-Gothic or eclectic , dumb of the great moments in the history of this city witnesses.