Taos Pueblo, New Mexico

This past weekend a girlfriend and I traveled to Taos, New Mexico for some warm weather, sightseeing and good food. It was my first trip to Taos and I found the area beautiful and the people warm and inviting. Here are some pictures from the Taos Pueblo:“For nearly 1,000 years the mud-and-straw adobe walls of Taos Pueblo have sheltered Tiwa-speaking Native Americans. The pueblo today appears much as it did when the first Spanish explorers arrived in New Mexico in 1540. The adobe walls glistening with mica caused the conquistadores to believe they had discovered one of the fabled Seven Cities of Gold. Even after 400 years of Spanish and Anglo presence in Taos, inside the pueblo the traditional Native American way of life has endured. Tribal custom allows no electricity or running water in the two main buildings, where varying numbers (usually fewer than 100) of Taos Native Americans live full-time. The pueblo Church of San Geronimo, or St. Jerome, the patron saint of Taos Pueblo, was completed in 1850 to replace the one destroyed by the U.S. Army in 1847 during the Mexican-American War.” – Fodor’s The Old West: Travel Historic America.Taos Pueblo is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark. The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years. We welcome you to visit our village when you travel to northern New Mexico.
For more information, visit: http://www.taospueblo.com/