When you visit the Convento de la Cruz (La Cruz Convent), you will see the end of the aqueduct that has made the city famous. The cited aqueduct was constructed by a very rich marquis because he was madly in love with one of the nuns at the convent. When he learned that the convent did have problems getting the water, he started paying for the aqueduct to be built and did a beautiful archway that poured the water in the convent through the kitchen, making it possible for them to additionally have what could be closest to a refrigerator in those days (remember, this was the 16th century). Well, back to our story, the convent was founded long before, and in the orchard of it grows a tree that has thorns in a shape of a cross, even some of them will have thorns growing perpendicularly at the place where thorns would have been at the cross of Jesus Christ.
Anyone can tell you how to get here: Cerro de la Cruz is at the very end of 5 de Mayo Street. The tour inside the convent (the only way to get hold of the mysterious crosses) will take you about 1 hour, but ask for a previous reservation at your hotel.
by lobosolo on January 31, 2005
Convent
La Cruz Convent at Plaza de los Fundadores Queretaro, Mexico