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<\/a> Max Vollmer, Click on any image to enlarge]<\/p>\n<\/a><\/a>Present day Our Lady of Guadalupe church in Conejas, CO, known as the oldest Catholic church in Colorado, sits on the site of an 1863 adobe church.\u00a0 Spanish families with centuries of occupation in the San Luis Valley have\u00a0 endowed the church with beautiful stained glass windows, carved wooden stations of the cross, and a handmade altar, all made by local craftspeople.<\/p>\n The Sangre de Christo church sits on a high hill overlooking the tiny town of San Luis, CO.\u00a0 On the path up to the church are fourteen bronzes depicting the Catholic “stations of the cross” that were donated by a wealthy couple in Santa Fe, NM, who made the annual Easter pilgrimage to the church for 25 years.<\/p>\n The San Francisco de Asis adobe church in Rancho de Taos, NM, was constructed between 1772 and 1816.\u00a0 It has become famous as the subject of several paintings from the 1930’s by Georgia O’Keefe.\u00a0 Two examples of O’Keefe’s depiction of the church, from the front and rear, are included following my photograph.<\/p>\n There are many in this land that was part of Catholic Mexico until the Treaty of Guadalupe Hidalgo in 1848 and The Gadsden Purchase of 1854 brought what is now part of Colorado, New Mexico, and Arizona into the U.S. The Santuario de Chimayo dates from 1816.\u00a0 It sits on the site of a natural … Continue reading Historic Hispanic Churches of Southern Colorado and Northern New Mexico<\/span> <\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a><\/a>