Our Lady of Loreto statue, Chapel of Our Lady
Our Lady of Loreto statue, detail, late 17th century, brought to Texas by the Franciscans or by Rene Robert Cavelier de la Salle, behind the altar in 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. 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
13439844
Media ID
45169801
Size
7087px x 6372px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
