Santuario de Chimayó (Chimayo, NM) : Detail, exterior support for adobe walls (1 m thick)
- Creator:
- unknown (Spanish)
- Published/Created:
- Juan Medina Drive, Chimayo, New Mexico, United States
1816 ; ca. 1917-1929 (alteration) - Physical Description:
- 24 ft. (width) x 60 ft (length)
- Date Depicted:
- 2010
1800 AD - 1849 AD - Materials:
- adobe
wood - Notes:
- El Santuario de Chimayó is a Roman Catholic church in Chimayó, New Mexico. This shrine, a National Historic Landmark (and on the National Register), is famous for the story of its founding and as a contemporary pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year. Built of adobe with a bell tower on each side, the church has walls more than 3 feet (about 1 m) thick. Originally built and maintained by a private family devoted to the Christ of Esquipulas, a pilgrimage site in Guatemala where the clay is ascribed healing power. It passed to the Archdiocese of Santa Fe in 1929.
- Variant Titles:
- Sanctuary of Chimayo
- Topics:
- Architecture -- Spain -- 19th century -- (YVRC)
Architecture -- United States -- 19th century -- (YVRC) - Period/Style:
- Nineteenth century
Spanish Colonial - Culture:
- Spanish
- Accession Number:
- 1A2-US-NM-SDC-A7
- Genre:
- architecture (AAT)
churches (AAT) - Format:
- Image
- Content Type:
- Sculptures, Models, & Architecture
- Rights:
- Copyright Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc
The use of this image may be subject to the copyright law of the United States (Title 17, United States Code) or to site license or other rights management terms and conditions. The person using the image is liable for any infringement. - Access Restrictions:
- Yale Community Only
- Digital:
- architecture; saints; James, the Greater, Saint; Pilgrims and pilgrimages; Spain--Colonies--America; attached bell towers; adobe construction buildings; religious buildings; churches
- Source Creator:
- Gilchrist, Scott
- Source Title:
- Archivision Addition Module Six
- Source Created:
- 2878 Chamonix, Montreal QC
Archivision, Inc.
2010 - Source Note:
- Purchase, Visual Resources Collection, May, 2011; photographer Scott Gilchrist
- Yale Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Digital Collection:
- Visual Resources Collection
- Local Record Number:
- 4125
- OID:
- 10078429
- PID:
- digcoll:1859762