Black and White Tuesday: Santuario de Guadalupe

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.

11 responses to “Black and White Tuesday: Santuario de Guadalupe”

Redneck Garage

August 20, 2013

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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1. NW Frame of Mind
  
  August 20, 2013
  
  The missions of California sounds like a fantastic trip plan…
  
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vastlycurious.com

August 20, 2013

Just LOVE the hues of blue!

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1. NW Frame of Mind
  
  August 20, 2013
  
  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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  1. vastlycurious.com
    
    August 24, 2013
    
    I m glad you did, it was effective!
    
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weliveinaflat

August 20, 2013

the building has very clean lines, in contrast to the walls in the foreground. Nice shot 😉

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1. NW Frame of Mind
  
  August 20, 2013
  
  Thanks, I’m happy to hear you like it!
  
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Lady E

August 22, 2013

Reblogged this on Intrepid Observer.

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Travel Theme: Statues | Northwest Frame of Mind

March 28, 2014

[…] 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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bebs1

March 28, 2014

I bet it is very beautiful inside, I could just imagine.

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1. NW Frame of Mind
  
  March 28, 2014
  
  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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