new exhibition at the Louisiana State Museum’s Cabildo revisualizes the most famous urban ensemble in New Orleans—Jackson Square, St. Louis Cathedral, the Cabildo, the Presbytère, and the Pontalba Buildings. It presents the city’s core as the legacy of two remarkable New Orleanians: a Spanish-born father, Don Andrés Almonester (1728–1798), and his formidable Creole daughter, Micaela, … Continue reading A Spanish Father and a Creole Daughter’s Monumental Legacies in New Orleans