Sightseeing
Quirky FunLoretto Chapel
Under $25A tiny Gothic chapel famous for a spiral wooden staircase with no visible means of support.
Photo: John Fowler from Placitas, NM, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons. Cropped and resized.
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Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi
Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi is a sightseeing stop in Santa Fe, NM, part of the Albuquerque & Santa Fe guide. Cost: free.
131 Cathedral Place · Santa Fe, NM
Why you should go…
Built between 1869 and 1887 from yellow limestone quarried near Lamy, this Romanesque Revival cathedral stands out in a city of adobe. Inside, the La Conquistadora Chapel holds a wooden Madonna brought from Spain in 1626 and is the oldest part of the building, kept from a 1717 church. Outside you will find a bronze statue of Archbishop Lamy, a statue of Saint Kateri Tekakwitha, and a prayer garden with fourteen life-size Stations of the Cross.
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