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In this plaza, ceremonies incident to the founding of the Villa of Albuquerque were enacted in 1706 by Governor and Captain General Don Francisco Cuervo Y. Valdez, and the settlement was named after the Spanish Viceroy Don Francisco Fernandez de la Cueva Enriquez, Duke of Albuquerque.
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Albuquerque, New Mexico · United States
