Jacobo Stuart y Falco Visit - Santa Barbara, CA
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N 34° 25.469 W 119° 42.177
11S E 251603 N 3812536
Jacobo Stuart y Falco, a descendant of the navigator who came to and named Santa Barbara over 300 years earlier is honored with a plaque on the side of the County Courthouse.
Waymark Code: WMHQ3E
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 08/03/2013
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Located on the side of the Santa Barbara County Courthouse, along with other signs of history, this ceramic plaque reads:
"IN COMMEMORATION OF
THE VISITS TO THIS CITY
OCTOBER V AND IV MCMXXIV OF
D. JACOBO STUART Y FALCO
XVII DUKE OF ALBA X DUKE OF
BERWICK XV COUNT OF MONT-
EREY, UNDER THE ORDERS OF
WHOSE DISTINGUISHED ANCES-
TOR GASPAR DE ZUNIGA Y ACE-
BEDO V COUNT OF MONTEREY
IX VICEROY OF MEXICO, SEBAS-
TIAN VIZCAINO NAVIGATED
AND NAMED THE SANTA BAR-
BARA CHANNEL 322 YEARS
EARLIER - AND THE MARQUIS
OF VIANA AND OF THE VAL-
LEY OF THE DOVE, EQUER-
RY ARMOURER AND HEAD
HUNTSMAN TO HIS CA-
TYOLIC MAJESTY DON AL-
PHONSO XIII KING OF SPAIN"
Group that erected the marker: unclear
URL of a web site with more information about the history mentioned on the sign: [Web Link]
Address of where the marker is located. Approximate if necessary:
1100 Anacapa Street
Santa Barbara, CA USA
93101
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