Photo: Fountain of the Virgin del Pilar original leftmost marker

Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: September 29, 2016
Caption: Fountain of the Virgin del Pilar original leftmost marker
Additional Description: Note that the Spanish of 1736 is very different from the Spanish of today, especially with its use of abbreviations and titles.

Reynando las Espan.^s N. Cathol^o Rey D. Phelipe V. q. D.^s g^s, y siendo Virrey en esta nueva Esp.^a el Exm.^o S.^r Marq^s de Casasuerse, se empezo esta magnifica Obra en la Alverca el dia 26 de Diz^e de 1726 y fe concluio hasta esta Caja, el dia 15 de Octr.^e de 1735. Siendo Virrey y Arz. de Mex. el Yllusr^o y Exm^o S.^r P.^r D.ⁿ JuⁿAn^to Vizarron y Eguiarreta. Y Correjo.^r en esta M. Noble y Leal Ciud.^a de Queretaro D. Greg.^o Ferron. Fue Juez Superintendt.^e de ella el So^r D.ⁿ Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana. Caballero del Orden de Alcantara, y

English translation:
During the reign of Our Spanish Catholic King Phillip and with the Viceroy of New Spain his Excellency the Marquis of Casasuerse, the magnificent work of the water tank was begun on December 26, 1726 and was finished with this fountain on October 15, 1735, under the Viceroy and Archbishop of Mexico the Illustrious and Excellent Juan Antonio Vizarron y Eguiarreta y Correjo, in this Very Noble and Very Loyal City of Queréretaro. Gregorio Ferron was Superintendent Judge of her and Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Knight of the Order of Alcántara, and…
Submitted: November 13, 2016, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p369216
File Size: 1.977 Megabytes

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