Annunciation fresco, Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto
Annunciation fresco, detail, 1946, by Antonio Garcia, in the nave of the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, built 1775-90, at the Presidio la Bahia, or Presidio Nuestra Senora de Loreto de la Bahia, a fort built 1747-49 by the Spanish army to protect the nearby Spanish missions, near Goliad, Texas, USA. This fresco of the Archangel Gabriel and the Virgin was commissioned by a couple who were married in the chapel. During the Texas Revolution, the Battle of Goliad, October 1835, and the Goliad Massacre, March 1836, took place here. Picture by Manuel Cohen
Picture No
13439760
Media ID
45167996
Size
7087px x 4724px
(13.4MB)
Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
