The Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
7 expert reviews
“A wooden icon set in a niche in the wall of the north chapel, Our Lady of Peace, is the oldest representation of the Madonna in the United States.”
– Frommer's
"The iconic cathedral, a block east of the Plaza, is one of the rare significant departures from the city's nearly ubiquitous Pueblo architecture." Full review
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In the main doorway arch... speculated that Bishop Lamy had this carved and placed to honor the Jewish merchants of Santa Fe
"Santa Fe's most photographed building." Full review
"The stalwart Romanesque church, built by Italian stonemasons, is memorialized in Willa Cather’s 1927 novel, “Death Comes for the Archbishop.”
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"Intended to resemble great cathedrals of Europe... it is not built in adobe style." Full review
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"Under the impetus of Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy and unlike other local churches, this late-19C cathedral is not built out of adobe but out of the local honey-colored stone." Full review