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under Santa Fe’s first Archbishop, 21 ft (6 m) with 33 steps that
Jean Baptiste Lamy. The building make two complete 360 degree
replaced most of an earlier adobe turns. The spiral has no nails or
church called La Parroquia, center support – only its perfect
except for the side chapel of craftsmanship keeps it aloft.
Our Lady of the Rosary. This When the chapel was built, it
houses the oldest statue of the lacked access to the choirloft.
Virgin Mary in North America, A mysterious carpenter
known as La Conquistadora. appeared, built the spiral, and
Carved in Mexico in 1625, the vanished without payment.
figure was brought to Santa Fe
The decorative façade of St. Francis Cathedral where it gained mythical status,
as settlers fleeing the Pueblo
Traditional pottery, textiles, and Revolt in 1680 (see p44) claimed
beadwork are displayed along- to have been saved by the
side modern paintings and Virgin’s protection.
mixed-media works by leading
Native American artists. R Loretto Chapel
207 Old Santa Fe Trail. Tel (505) 982-
R St. Francis Cathedral 0092. Open 9am–4:30pm Mon–Sat,
131 Cathedral Pl. Tel (505) 982- 5619. 10:30am–4:30pm Sun. & 7
Open daily. 7 ∑ cbsfa.org ∑ lorettochapel.com
The Cathedral’s French This Neo-Gothic chapel was
Romanesque-style façade is fashioned after Sainte-Chapelle
an anomaly in the heart of this in Paris by the architect of Santa
adobe city, yet its honey-colored Fe’s St. Francis Cathedral. It is
stone, glowing in the afternoon most famous though for its
light, makes it one of its loveliest staircase, a dramatically curved The elegant curves of the spiral staircase at
landmarks. It was built in 1869 spiral that winds upward for the Loretto Chapel

Central Santa Fe Plaza
1 Shrine of Our Lady of Guadalupe 6 St. Francis Cathedral Key
2 Georgia O’Keeffe Museum 7 Loretto Chapel Santa Fe Street-by-Street
3 New Mexico Museum of Art 8 Canyon Road map see pp196–7
4 Palace of the Governors and New 9 San Miguel Chapel
Mexico History Museum 0 New Mexico State Capitol
5 IAIA Museum of Contemporary q Santa Fe Southern Railway Depot
Native Arts
Georgia
O’Keeffe Museum WEST MARCY STREET
Santa Fe Opera,
JOHNSON ST
New Mexico New Mexico Santa Fe Ski Area
Museum of Art History Museum NUSBAUM EAST MARCY STREET
N GUADALUPE ST
the Governors
Shrine of WEST PALACE AVENUE Palace of STREET
Our Lady of SANDOVAL ST
Santa Fe
Guadalupe WEST SAN FRANCISCO ST Plaza IAIA Museum of Contemporary
GALISTEO STREET
Native Arts
De St. Francis
AGUA FRIA ST Vargas Park WEST ALAMEDA STREET DON GASPAR AVENUE W WATER ST La Cathedral
Fonda
SO UTH GUADALUPE STREET GARFIELD STREET EAST DE VARGAS STREET A L A M E D A S T R E E T PA S E O D E P E R A LTA
Santa Fe WEST DE VAR GAS STREET Loretto
SANDOVAL STREET
Southern Chapel CAT HEDRAL PLACE
Railway Depot Santa Fe E A S T
River Park
Santa Fe River
OLD SANTA FE TRAIL
Chapel
El Rancho de READ STREET CERRILLOS ROAD GALISTEO STREET DON GASPAR AVENUE OLD SANTA FE TRAIL San Miguel CANYON ROAD
las Golondrinas W EST M A N H AT TA N AV E N UE
New Mexico PA S E O D E P E RA LT A GARCIA STREET
State Capitol
0 meters 200 Museum
Hill
0 yards 200
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