LA HUERTA DEL COLEGIO DE SAN GREGORIO, ASIENTO DEL TALLER DE MANUEL TOLSÁ Y SU TRANSFORMACIÓN EN FUNDICIÓN DE CAÑONES, 1796-1815.

The article discusses the conversion of the garden of the Colegio de San Gregorio in Mexico City, Mexico, which served as the headquarters of architect and sculptor Manuel Tolsá, into a cannon foundry during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. It explains that the school was founded in 1586 by Jesuits, who until their expulsion in 1767 used it to educate the local indigenous population. The article notes that Tolsá set up his workshops on the property in 1796 by order of viceroy Miguel de la Grúa Talamanca in order to construct an equestrian statue of Spanish king Carlos IV. The property was later used by Tolsá to manufacture cannons to serve Mexico during its war with France and its struggle for independence from Spain, the article states.