Querétaro - Neptune Fountain

(Local Name: Fuente de Neptuno) Going south-west from the main square along Avenida Francisco Madero in a south-westerly direction, the Hosteria de la Marquesa (mid-18th c.) is passed on the left and the church of San José de Allende (late 17th c.) on the right. The Fuente de Neptuno (Neptune Fountain), a Neo-Classical work by the sculptor Francisco Eduardo Tresguerras dating from 1797, stands in the small park on the corner of Madero and Allende.