Our Summer 2011 trip with the grandkids brought us to the Taos Pueblo, an ancient pueblo belonging to a Native American tribe. The most prominent architectural feature is a multi-storied adobe complex, built between 1000 and 1450 A.D; now designated a World Heritage Site. The Taos were considered one of the most secretive and conservative pueblos.
Founded in 1608 and called "La Villa Real de la Santa Fé de San Francisco de Asís" ("The Royal Town of the Holy Faith of St. Francis of Assisi. Whew, what a mouthful. Thankfully today it is known as Santa Fe and was our next stop after Taos.
We visited the historic downtown area around the Plaza, a one-block square adjacent to the Palace of The Governors, the original seat of New Mexico's territorial government since the time of Spanish colonization. By ordinance all new and rebuilt buildings, especially those in designated historic districts, must exhibit a Spanish Territorial or Pueblo style of architecture, suggestive of the area's traditional adobe construction.
There is a timeless and spiritual aspect to these adobe styles and it is easy to see how Georgia O'Keeffe fell in love with the open skies and sun-drenched landscape of the surrounding area.
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3 comments:
One of my favorite places in the US. Great images.
lovely... very nice as always
beautiful images
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