The Santuario de Guadalupe was originally built as a church in Santa Fe, NM in 1777 and currently houses the Archdiocese of Santa Fe’s collection of New Mexican santos (carved images of the saints), Italian Renaissance paintings, and Mexican baroque paintings. Though it has been renovated several times The Santuario is the oldest, still-standing church that is dedicated to Our Lady of Guadalupe in the United States and Canada. It stands at the end of the famous Camino Real, the main route from Mexico City via Chihuahua to the Southwest.
Unfortunately the interior was closed the day of our visit but we were able to walk around the outside, rest on the stone benches and appreciate the architecture of this beautiful building.
Northwest Frame of Mind 
As soon as I saw your picture I was back in the fourth grade when we studied the California Missions which also included a field trip to San Juan Bautista. When I was in college they rebuilt Mission San Jose which is located in my hometown. Now I’m thinking I need to plan a road trip to visit all of the missions in California….
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The missions of California sounds like a fantastic trip plan…
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Just LOVE the hues of blue!
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Thank’s, I’m glad you noticed. 🙂 I have posted a lot of black and white lately and wanted to mix it up a little!
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I m glad you did, it was effective!
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the building has very clean lines, in contrast to the walls in the foreground. Nice shot 😉
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Thanks, I’m happy to hear you like it!
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Reblogged this on Intrepid Observer.
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[…] wrote a little about the history of this place in a Black and White Tuesday post about the Church here and today, as part of Alisa’s Weekly Travel Theme: Statues I have a view of the beautiful […]
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I bet it is very beautiful inside, I could just imagine.
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I’ve heard it is nice inside but sadly it was closed the day we were there. The outside area was pretty though and very peaceful in the middle of a busy part of town.
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