Things you learn along the way

The San Francisco de Asis in Taos, New Mexico is an 18th century adobe National Historic Landmark. It is an active church constructed of mud and straw sun-dried adobe bricks and is one of the few original buildings in Taos. It is thought to have been built sometime between 1772 and 1816 and is located in the Taos Pueblo. The Pueblo is an ancient pueblo belonging to a Taos-speaking (Tiwa) Native American tribe of Puebloan people. The Pueblo is a collection of multi-storied adobe dwellings that have been continuously inhabited for over 1,000 years. It is one of the oldest communities in the United States.

The unique structure of the Church has been painted and photographed by the likes of Georgia O’Keeffe https://www.georgiaokeeffe.net/ranchos-church.jsp and Ansel Adams https://www.artsy.net/artwork/ansel-adams-st-francis-church-rancho-de-taos . Both artists were known for their paintings and photography of New Mexico landscape and the American West. No, I had no idea these famous artists chose this church to create their art. Now I do.

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