Church of San Miguel Arcángel, 16th-century convent in Ixmiquilpan, Mexico.

The Church of San Miguel Arcángel is a 16th-century religious complex with a Plateresque facade featuring paired columns and decorative details integrated with a bell tower. The site also contains a cloister with Gothic pointed arches and ribbed vaults decorated with remnants of colonial-era mural paintings.

Construction of the convent complex began on September 29, 1550, under Friar Andres de Mata's direction and finished in 1560. The complex was built as part of Spanish efforts to Christianize the region during the early colonial period.

The murals inside the church depict battle scenes with indigenous warriors rather than Christian imagery. On the north wall, a jaguar warrior appears in attack posture emerging from a rosette, while another figure subdues a semi-nude woman with a swollen belly. Combatants wear pre-Hispanic military dress and carry lances tipped with obsidian; some hold trophy heads at the waist or in their hands.

The complex stands in the town of Ixmiquilpan, Hidalgo, about 85 kilometers northwest of Pachuca via Federal Highway 85. The temple entrance faces west, with the cloister and convent house to the right and the open chapel on the right side. The former atrium was divided in 1867 when a street was opened parallel to the facade, so the walls now run close to the church front.

The convent's Mudéjar design includes towers and battlements, and the bell tower ends in an octagonal three-tiered top with finials and a cross on a sphere. The cloister's lower level has pointed arches and ribbed vaults with remains of mural painting.