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Santa Fe, (UNESCO Creative City), New Mexico, USA

Santa Fe is the city well known as a center for arts that reflect the multicultural character… All Photos are COPYRIGHT and PROPERTY of Rafal K. Komierowski. June 2012

....exhibit a Spanish Territorial or Pueblo style of architecture, with flat roofs and other features suggestive of the area s traditional adobe construction

...Homes are territorial or pueblo style and stuccoed with flat roofs

The city is well known as a center for arts that reflect the multicultural character of the city; and has been designated as a UNESCO Creative City

Most tourist activity takes place in the historic downtown, especially on and around the Plaza, a one-block square adjacent to the Palace of the Governors

Santa Fe is located at 7,199 feet (2134 m) above sea level, making it the highest state capital in the United States

The city sponsored bold architectural restoration projects and erected new buildings according to traditional techniques and styles, thus creating the - Santa Fe style -

Many artists and writers, as well as retirees, are attracted to the cultural richness of the area, the beauty of the landscapes and its dry climate....

The old -mud city- known for its adobe houses – was transformed into a city proud of its peculiarities and its blend of tradition and modernity...

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, built 1869, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, built 1869, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, built 1869, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Kateri Tekakwitha, originally known as Catherine Tekakwitha, informally known as Lily of the Mohawks (1656 – April 17, 1680) was an Algonquin and Iroquois Native American religious lay woman from New France and an early convert to Roman Catholicism.

Kateri Tekakwitha will be canonized on October 21, 2012, The Door-entrance to Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Banner near the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, built 1869, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, built 1869, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Santa Fe and the surrounding areas have a high concentration of artists

I would strongly encourage potential visitors to take a - Historic Walks of Santa Fe - with camera in hands..

The four hundred year old city, originally named La Villa Real de Santa Fe de San Francisco de Asis, a.k.a. -The City of the Holy Faith of Saint Francis of Assisi - is the oldest capitol city in the United States.

Santa Fee, New Mexico

San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is said to be the oldest standing church structure in the US. The adobe walls were constructed around A.D. 1610

San Miguel Chapel in Santa Fe is said to be the oldest standing church structure in the US. The adobe walls were constructed around A.D. 1610

Santa Fe and the surrounding areas have a high concentration of artists...their works are visible everywhere..

Santa Fe and the surrounding areas have a high concentration of artists...their works are visible everywhere..

Adobe is the main architectural theme raised in Santa Fe.

Assumed to be the oldest in the United States, built over 800 years ago by Pueblo People, Santa Fe, New Mexico

The Inn at Loretto, a Pueblo Revival style building near the Plaza in Santa Fe

The main altar in the Loretto Chapel, Santa Fe, New Mexico

Famous Staircase of the Lorreto Chapel. The staircase has two 360 degree turns and no visible means of support. The design was innovative for the time and some of the design considerations still perplex experts today

Traditional New Mexican homes today are built of adobe -- sun dried clay bricks mixed with grasses for strength, mortared with simple mud, and then covered with additional protective layers of mud

Few true adobe homes remain in modern Santa Fe. The majority are imitation adobe made of stuccoed concrete.

Santa Fe style modern shopping mall..

Touch, Taste and Feel... interesting architecture, many museums, a history still visible in the streets of Santa Fe, New Mexico