Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, Presidio la Bahia
Defensive walls and corner turret, with the Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, built 1775-90, on the right, in 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. 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
13439781
Media ID
45168956
Size
7087px x 4198px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
