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SANTA FE, NEW MEXICO ATTRACTIONS

San Miguel Mission
This mission is the oldest in the US and built in 1610. The church has massive adobe walls, very high windows, an elegant altar screen (erected in 1798). It also has a 780-pound San José bell cast in Spain in 1356.Buffalo hide and deerskin Bible paintings used in 1630 by Franciscan missionaries to teach the Native Americans are part of the historic legacy of the San Miguel Mission. Anthropologists have excavated near the altar, down to the original floor that some claim to be part of a 12th-century pueblo.

The Santa Fe Farmers Market
Located in Railyard Park, Corner of Cerrillos and Guadalupe. 100% of the vegetables, fruits, and nursery plants available at Santa Fe Farmers Markets are grown in northern New Mexico. The same goes for at least 80% of the ingredients and materials used to make all processed and craft items.

Loretto Chappel
The Loretto Chappel is the home of "Miraculous Staircase". Legend says on the ninth and final day of prayer, a man showed up at the Chapel with a donkey and a toolbox looking for work. Months later the elegant circular staircase was completed and the carpenter disappeared without pay or thanks. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today. The staircase has two 360 degree turns and has no visible means of support.

Santa Fe Botanical Garden
nonprofit corporation, established in 1987 by a small group of gardeners, botanists and environmentally oriented individuals whose vision was to establish a botanical garden in Santa Fe. Two properties are managed as educational preserves: the Ortiz Mountains Educational Preserve and the Leonora Curtin Wetland Preserve. These sites offer a variety of regularly scheduled tours and special events.

Nostros - The Band
A critically acclaimed and recognized New Mexico band. Truly a talented band, and must be heard live to fully appreciate the artistry of these amazing musicians, though CD's are available. Be sure to check out their touring schedule throught the country.

The Oldest House in the US
The nation's "Oldest House" is located in the Barrio which contains the Gregorio Crespin house 132 East De Vargas Street. Owned by Crespin in 1747 who sold it to Bartolome Marques for 50 pesos (tree-ring dates beams in house 1720-50). Land originally part of tract granted by General Don Diego de Vargas to Juan de Leon Brito, Tlaxcalan Indian who took part in reconquest of 1693; and the Roque Tudesqui house (Tudesqui-Ital.) 129-135 East De Vargas (the actual building date is unknown) in existence 1841.

Saint Francis Cathedral
St Francis Cathedral stands near the site where the first church was built by the Spanish in 1628, followed by an adobe parish church in 1712. Finally, construction on the Romanesque-style sandstone Cathedral was begun in 1869 by Archbishop Lamy.