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Photographer: J. Makali Bruton
Taken: August 2, 2018
Caption: The original dedicatory marker for the "El Capulín" Reservoir
Additional Description: This dedicatory marker is on the southwest corner of the reservoir and includes the year 1728.

Consigviose la fabrica d[e]
esta Alverca el año d[e] mil
setecientos y veinte y ocho
Reynand N. Cathol.o Monarc.a
d Phelip: V. (qe Dios G.e) Goven° est[a]
Nva Espa el Exmo Marqs d[e] Cassa-fv[e]rte
Cav.o del ord[e]n d[e] s. Tiag.o a expensas
d[e] lo q co[n]tribuyeron los moradores
d[e] Muy Noble Ciud.d de Santiago d[e] Qveretaro.

Text from "Epigrafía Queretana" by Valentín Frias
Submitted: August 11, 2018, by J. Makali Bruton of Accra, Ghana.
Database Locator Identification Number: p439864
File Size: 2.723 Megabytes

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