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Centro Histórico in Ciudad de México, Mexico — The Valley of Mexico (The Central Highlands)
 

The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo

 
 
The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, August 18, 2018
1. The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo Marker
Inscription.  

Esta casona perteneció a los marqueses de San Miguel de Aguayo. Siglos XVII-XVIII.

English translation:
This large house belonged to the marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo during the 17th to 18th centuries.
 
Erected by Ciudad de México.
 
Topics. This historical marker is listed in these topic lists: Colonial EraMan-Made Features.
 
Location. 19° 26.281′ N, 99° 8.127′ W. Marker is in Ciudad de México. It is in Centro Histórico. Marker is on Belisario Domínguez just west of Calle Palma Norte, on the right when traveling west. Touch for map. Marker is in this post office area: Ciudad de México 06000, Mexico. Touch for directions.
 
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker. The House of Covadonga (about 90 meters away, measured in a direct line); José María Heredia (about 120 meters away); Alejandro Arango y Escandón (about 120 meters away); First Session of the Mexican Academy of Language (about 120 meters away); Salón Madrid (about 150 meters away); Chapel of the Expiration
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(about 150 meters away); Birthplace of Manuel Gutiérrez Nájera (about 150 meters away); Plaza and Portal of Santo Domingo (about 150 meters away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Ciudad de México.
 
The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo Marker image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, August 18, 2018
2. The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo Marker
The marker can be seen to the right in this view, above a green sign with a historical quote.
The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo Marker and an additional sign image. Click for full size.
Photographed By J. Makali Bruton, August 18, 2018
3. The Marquis of San Miguel de Aguayo Marker and an additional sign
The lower sign reads:

Ciudad de México
Centro Histórico
Esta capital que me engrandece con sus palacios, que me enamora con sus mil encantos, que me enloquece con sus beldades, y que me interesa con su misma indolencia y abandono.
Guillermo Prieto, de El álbum mexicano, Año 1849, Siglo XIX

English translation:
Mexico City, Historic Center
This capital lifts me up with its palaces, makes me fall in love with its thousand charms, drives me crazy with its beauty, and interests me with its laziness and abandon.
Guillermo Prieto, from The Mexican Album, 1849, 19th century
 
 
Credits. This page was last revised on April 17, 2020. It was originally submitted on August 31, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana. This page has been viewed 134 times since then and 7 times this year. Photos:   1, 2, 3. submitted on August 31, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.

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