San Francisco de Asís Mission Church

E407382

Roman Catholic church Spanish Colonial architecture building adobe building historic church

San Francisco de Asís Mission Church is a historic 18th-century adobe Catholic church renowned for its Spanish Colonial architecture and iconic presence in Taos, New Mexico.

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All labels observed (1)

Label	Occurrences
San Francisco de Asís Mission Church canonical	3

Statements (46)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	Roman Catholic church ⓘ Spanish Colonial architecture building ⓘ adobe building ⓘ historic church ⓘ
architecturalStyle	Mission style ⓘ Spanish Colonial ⓘ
builtInCentury	18th century ⓘ
completionTime	early 19th century ⓘ
constructionStart	late 1700s ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ surface form: United States
culturalContext	Hispano New Mexican culture ⓘ Pueblo and Spanish colonial interaction ⓘ
dedicatedTo	Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
denomination	Roman Catholicism ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Church
diocese	Archdiocese of Santa Fe ⓘ surface form: Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Santa Fe
feature	earthen buttresses ⓘ projecting vigas ⓘ thick adobe walls ⓘ twin bell towers ⓘ
function	parish church ⓘ
hasRitual	annual community re-mudding of adobe walls ⓘ
heritageDesignation	National Historic Landmark ⓘ National Register of Historic Places ⓘ surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
knownFor	Spanish Colonial adobe architecture ⓘ being frequently photographed and painted ⓘ iconic rear façade ⓘ massive adobe buttresses ⓘ
locatedIn	southwestern United States ⓘ surface form: American Southwest New Mexico ⓘ Ranchos de Taos ⓘ surface form: Ranchos de Taos, New Mexico Taos County, New Mexico NERFINISHED ⓘ
material	adobe ⓘ mud plaster ⓘ timber ⓘ
namedAfter	Saint Francis of Assisi ⓘ
notableWorkDepictedBy	Ansel Adams ⓘ Georgia O’Keeffe ⓘ Paul Strand ⓘ
partOf	Ranchos de Taos ⓘ surface form: Ranchos de Taos Historic District
region	Taos Valley ⓘ
religiousAffiliation	Catholicism ⓘ
roofType	flat roof ⓘ
significance	iconic symbol of northern New Mexico’s adobe architecture ⓘ one of the best-preserved Spanish Colonial mission churches in the United States ⓘ
use	religious services ⓘ tourist attraction ⓘ

Referenced by (3)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Taos, New Mexico, United States → hasHistoricSite → San Francisco de Asís Mission Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Taos, New Mexico

High Road to Taos → hasLandmark → San Francisco de Asís Mission Church ⓘ

served by U.S. Route 64 → hasReligiousSite → San Francisco de Asís Mission Church ⓘ

subject surface form: Taos, New Mexico