This road is a colorful street, and a beautiful place to take a stroll through. You’ll admire the antique homes surrounding the area and be enchanted by the colonial feel. It was constructed in the early 18th century under the order of the bishop, Manuel Escalona.
It’s an ideal place to play the guitar, read a good book or chat on-line to let your friends know about this wonderful and mysterious place.
Due to its enchanting feel, there are many couples walking in the area.
The street begins close to The Tarascas Fountain and ends on the Street that the Guadalupe Sanctuary is located on. It’s as if the road invites you to visit the temple. On our lady of Guadalupe Day, December 12th, there is pilgrimage through the street leading to the sanctuary. The kids, dressed in traditional Mexican outfits, perform traditional dances, giving the feeling of a happy atmosphere.
Friar Antonio
Along each side of the street there is a rustic-style stone bench, with a stone floor. There are plenty of trees that give shade for most of the day.
Due to the antiquity to the surrounding houses, there’s a legend surrounding one if them. It is said that in one of the houses next to the street, there lived a widowed man named Juan Nunez, who had emigrated from Spain. He had a young, beautiful daughter named Leonor and had re-married to a woman named Margarita. Margarita did not like her step-daughter which was why she kept her indoors all the time. Juan was unaware of the situation because Margarita controlled him. Time went by until one day Leonor went outside and was seen by Don Manrique, a young Spanish man who fell in love with her. He sent her a love letter and she agreed to meet with him at night. In order to not be seen with her at night, Don Manrique hired a man to dress up as a ghost to scare off people on the street where they were to meet. Unfortunately, Margarita wanted to discover the truth behind the ghost and saw her step daughter speaking with Don Manrique. After this happened, Margarita locked up Leonor in a room with only one window and bar. In the meantime, Don Manrique had gone to the viceroy to ask the hand in marriage of Leonor. During this time, Margarita had nothing to eat so she would stick her hand out her window to ask for food. Passers by were surprised to see this and asked Mrs. Margarita what was going on. She would say that Leonor had gone crazy and that’s why she had locked her up. When Don Manrique came to ask for Leonor’s hand in marriage, her father went to look for her in the room and discovered her locked up and dead. Don Manrique had the father and step mother locked up and had Leonor buried in the San Diego temple, in the wedding dress he had bought for her. People say that Leonor’s hand can still be seen asking for some bread.
