Room I Marqués del Socorro

Room 0 is a double (with the possibility of an extra bed), en suite bathroom and located on the ground floor. It has twin beds and a large window overlooking the garden.

THE HISTORICAL FIGURE

José Solano y Bote (I Marqués del Socorro)

Zorita, Cáceres (1726-1806) Madrid.

• D. José Solano y Bote I Marqués del Socorro was a Spanish soldier and politician. He achieved the rank of Brigadier and Captain General in the Spanish Royal Navy, Governor of the Province of Venezuela, Captain General of Santo Domingo and Councillor of State. He always defeated the English and is regarded as a hero of the American War of Independence for his action in the Battle of Penascola, where he went to the aid (socorro) (hence the title Marqués del Socorro) of Bernardo de Gálvez, (Galveston), governor of Louisiana, in March 1781.