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CRUCIFORM IN SHAPE
HISTORIC RANCHOS de TAOS MISSION CHURCH
Taos, New Mexico
Originally built in the early 1700's by the Franciscans
ONE OF THE MOST
PHOTOGRAPHED CHURCHES
IN THE
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RANCHOS De TAOS CHURCH - - Stands mag- TS-2
nificent in the solitude of the distant peaks against
the intense blue of New Mexico's radiant skies
and is considered on of the most interesting of the
old Spanish Missions of the Southwest.
The date of its founding is not exactly known but
rebuilt in 1772, the present church is of adobe, with
walls many feet thick. Cruciform in shape, it measures
more than 120 feet long -- and the massive contruction
lends it the appearance of a fortress.
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ART TONE "GLO-VAR-FINISH
ASSOCIATED LITHO.
DIST. BY ALFRED MCGARRADV. SER. FRANCISCAN HOTEL BLDG. ALBUQUERQUE, N.M
DES MOINES 9. IOWA
"From the Land of Enchantment"
