This is the interior courtyard of a restored colonial-era building which now serves as the municipal museum of the city. Querétaro was founded in the colonial era in a rich agricultural valley to the north of Mexico City. Its agricultural and stock-raising estates supplied that city, as well as mining centers to the north such as Guanajuato and Zacatecas. Querétaro developed some manufacturing during the colonial era as well.

Photo by Robert Haskett, taken in September of 1981 with a Minolta SRT 101 camera using Kodak Ektachrome slide film. ©2005.