Our Lady of Loreto statue, Chapel of Our Lady of Loreto, Presidio la Bahia, Goliad, Texas, USA

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

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