Built in 1756 so that the Marquesa Doña Josefa Paula Guerrero y Dávila could live there separated from her husband the Marquis, Don Juan Antonio de Urrutia y Arana, who lived two blocks to the north, for reasons that have remained a mystery. Like all the houses of the nobles, it had the coat of arms of the Marquis, but was scraped by decree of May 2, 1826.
It is a typical Baroque construction, the house contains arches in which Moorish elements are mixed in its carvings, whose arches are long and beautiful set. The work is notable for its carved quarry, its grilles, the Moorish details, its room and chapel, all of which are of a delicate and original beauty. The house has been carefully restored several times, discovering the original decorative paintings on its walls.
This house housed the chief of the Trigarante Army, Don Agustín de Iturbide, in September 1821, on his way to Mexico City. Almost a century later, the first Chief of the Constitutionalist Army, Mr. Venustiano Carranza, ordered that the Ministry of Foreign Affairs be installed there in 1916, when Querétaro was the provisional capital of the republic during the work of the Constituent Congress. It operated until February 1917, when the federal government returned to Mexico City.
The building that today houses the Hotel La Casa de la Marquesa.
Location: Calle Francisco I. Madero 41, Centro, 76000 Querétaro, Querétaro.