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The legend of the Street of The Priest Bridge
In 1649, in Mexico City, lived the priest Don Juan, who cared for his niece Dona Margarita Jáuregui in marriageable age.
During a party given by the Deputy Governor, Don Duarte Zarraza, a good looking Portuguese gentleman , met and courted Doña Margarita and they became engaged. Don Juan investigated Don Duarte's life and found he led a dissolute life,that he was married twice and both had left his wives and children. So, he forbade his niece to continue the relationship and forbade the Portuguese gentleman see the beloved but also to get closer to the house and the bridge that led to it.
But the relationship between the two continued in secret. The more Don Juan opposed the engagement, the more Don Duarte desired to kill him.
One day Don Duarte went to his beloved's home in order to convince her to leave and marry him, but suddenly he saw Don Juan walking across the bridge. Don Duarte got angry, reached the priest on the bridge where they bitterly argued. At one point Don Duarte drew his dagger and plunged it into the head of the priest and killed him, then he threw him into the water.
As there were many people who knew that Don Juan was against the relationship and hostile to Don Duarte, the Portuguese gentleman decided it was best to disappear and hid.
It had almost been a year since the death of the priest when, one night, Don Duarte crossed the bridge leading to the house of Doña Margarita .... we do not know what happened, but the next morning he appeared dead, strangled by a skeleton dressed in dirty tattered cassock, in his skull the same dagger that Don Duarte used to kill the one who was opposed to his love story was still planted
Later, because of this legend, the bridge and the road became known as "La Calle del Puente del Clérigo".*Attention please* - - "This translation (and / or content) is made by Sylvhia exclusively for "I Nove Mondi Forum". In case of partial or full release is mandatory to link to the original source and the required credits".
https://es.wikipedia.org/wiki/Leyendas_de_..._de_M%C3%A9xico
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