Sky City

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Sky City is the historic mesa-top village of Acoma Pueblo in New Mexico, renowned as one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf historic village
settlement
tourist attraction
accessPolicy access generally by guided tour only
architecturalStyle Pueblo architecture
category Historic districts in New Mexico
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
Native American historic places in New Mexico
Pueblo settlements
continuity continuously inhabited for many centuries
country United States of America
surface form: United States
county Cibola County, New Mexico
surface form: Cibola County
culturalRegion Ancestral Puebloans
surface form: Puebloan Southwest
elevation about 112 meters above the valley floor
approximately 2,000 meters above sea level
ethnicGroup Acoma Pueblo NERFINISHED
governingBody Acoma Pueblo
surface form: Acoma Pueblo tribal government
hasStructure San Esteban del Rey Mission Church
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
National Register of Historic Places
surface form: National Register of Historic Places listing
heritageDesignationCountry United States of America
surface form: United States
heritageDesignationStatus protected historic site
inhabitedBy Pueblo peoples
surface form: Acoma people
knownFor adobe and sandstone multi-story buildings
being one of the oldest continuously inhabited communities in the United States
cultural and religious significance to the Acoma people
traditional Acoma Pueblo architecture
languageSpoken Acoma Keres
English
locatedIn Acoma Pueblo NERFINISHED
Cibola County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
New Mexico
United States of America
surface form: United States
locatedOn mesa top
materialUsed adobe
sandstone
near Grants, New Mexico
Interstate 40
surface form: Interstate 40 in New Mexico
populationCharacteristic seasonally varying population
religion Roman Catholicism
traditional Acoma spiritual practices
roofMaterial wooden beams and earth
state New Mexico
timePeriod pre-Columbian origin
tourism guided tours
transportAccess restricted road access

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Acoma Pueblo hasPart Sky City