Santa Fe - San Miguel Mission Bell Tower
by Gabriele Pomykaj
Title
Santa Fe - San Miguel Mission Bell Tower
Artist
Gabriele Pomykaj
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Photograph
Description
San Miguel Chapel is known in Santa Fe as The Oldest Church, and it is referenced in Wikipedia as the oldest church in the continental United States.
San Miguel Chapel is the key site to the Barrio de Analco Historic District. Oral history holds that the barrio was founded by a group of Mexican Indians from Tlaxcala. The adobe church was constructed under the direction of Franciscan friars to serve a small congregation of soldiers, laborers, and Indians who lived in the Analco Barrio. It was partially destroyed during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. By the early-eighteenth century, San Miguel had become one of the principal ecclesiastical buildings in the provincial capital. The present building dates from 1710, although it has undergone structural changes.
Photography by Gabriele Pomykaj. All rights reserved
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April 6th, 2015
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