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Description

Manuscript Plan of Rural Estate

This is a manuscript plan of a large communal estate that has all the provisions for a religious, agricultural life.

In the center of the plan is a large set of buildings. To the left is a row of houses, most likely for laborers. In the central courtyard is the big house. Near the entrance, on the south side, is a chapel, while a store and oven are to the right. This courtyard most likely held the weekly market for the community.

Outside the compound is the overseer, Martín's, house, which is next to a corral. North of these structures is the well, a larger chapel and the house of Father Pedro, and a cross erected by a priest ( hizciera del padre). The final structure on the east side is the house and plot of Uncle Reteguín, suggesting the mapmaker was related to the man.

To the west of the main compound are two more plots, one for Francisco Paxez and one that appears to be for animals.

Running south of the estate is a camino real, a royal road. Bordering it to the north is a stream, part of which has been diverted to serve the estate, collecting in a stone basin. Looming above the scene are several hills, one called La Tetilla, the others Los Tres Picachos.

There are hills called Los Tres Picachos around Latin America, including in Puerto Rico, Baja California, Jalisco, and Chihuahua.