Panoayán #10


Source: Photograph by WTL© (2009) on site at Panoayán.
Image
: Here's the gracious interior patio of Panoayán's main hacienda residence, where Sor Juana spent her early years. The hacienda's own chapel is in the building in the background right.
Humanities question: Knowing that this hacienda was established in the middle of the 16th century, that it grew over a couple of centuries, that it fell into ruins at the end of the 20th century, and that it has been restored at the beginning of the 21st century, give a description of the features you see in this image. For example, what is "Spanish colonial" about this scene? And, what does its colonial nature have to do with Sor Juana?