Historical Marker

Plaza del Medio (NOTE: never built)

The Plaza del Medio, “Middle Plaza”, Costilla, New Mexico, is one of seven plazas built in the area after 1849. In an effort to encourage settlement on the Sangre de Cristo Land Grant, seven plazas were built and settled by 1860. The six other connected plazas are La Plaza de Arriba, de los Manzanares, Placitas de los Madriles, de los Cordovas, de Chalifu and de Poleo.