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11-JUN-2012

San Francisco de Asis Mission Church

This is probably my favorite image I took of the church this summer. The clouds that day were magical.

San Francisco de Asis Mission Church is a church built between 1772 and 1816.
It is located on the plaza in Ranchos de Taos, itself a historic district named Ranchos de Taos Plaza,
about four miles southwest of the town of Taos, New Mexico.

Construction on the church began around 1772[3][4] and was completed in 1815[3] by Franciscan Fathers and its patron is Saint Francis of Assisi.
It is made of adobe as are many of the Spanish missions in New Mexico.
It is located a few miles south of Taos Pueblo and has inspired among the greatest number of depictions of any building in the United States.[5]
It was the subject of four[citation needed] paintings by Georgia O'Keeffe,[6][7] and photographs by Ansel Adams and Paul Strand.
Georgia O'Keeffe described it as, "one of the most beautiful buildings left in the United States by the early Spaniards."[5]

It was declared a National Historic Landmark in 1970.[2][8] It is also designated as a World Heritage church.[9]

(Information from Wikipedia)

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