Don Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, Marques de la Villa del Villar del Aguila, was a rich and powerful nobleman and patron of the arts in 18th-century Querétaro

Querétaro

Querétaro officially Estado Libre y Soberano de Querétaro de Arteaga is one of the 31 states which, with the Federal District, comprise the 32 Federal Entities of Mexico. It is divided into 18 municipalities and its capital city is Santiago de Querétaro....

, Mexico. In the year 1756 he directed the construction of La Casa de la Marquesa, "the House of the Marchioness", a beautiful home for his wife. This mansion, an architectural jewel, is today a luxury hotel and a tourist attraction in its own right.

See also

• Urrutia
  Urrutia
  Urrutia, meaning "distant, far away" in Euskera, is the name of a family that originated in Zumarraga in the province of Guipuzcoa, and then spread out throughout the Basque country, and eventually throughout the Americas - South, Central and North...
  
  
• List of Basques