San José de Gracia Church at Las Trampas

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San José de Gracia Church at Las Trampas is an 18th-century Spanish colonial adobe mission church in New Mexico renowned for its remarkably well-preserved architecture and historic interior.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic church
Spanish Colonial adobe church
church building
historic site
architecturalStyle Spanish Colonial
associatedWith Hispanic village of Las Trampas
Spanish colonization of New Mexico
builtInCentury 18th century
category Adobe churches in the United States
Historic churches in New Mexico
Spanish Colonial architecture in New Mexico
country United States
culturalContext Hispano New Mexican culture
denomination Roman Catholic Church
floorPlanType single-nave church
foundedInPeriod 18th century
hasConstructionTechnique hand-formed adobe bricks
wooden vigas and latillas
hasElement choir loft
nave
sanctuary
hasFeature carved wooden altar screen
flat roof with vigas
historic interior furnishings
thick adobe walls
twin bell towers
hasInteriorFeature painted altar screen (reredos)
traditional New Mexican religious art
hasPreservationStatus well preserved
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
knownFor remarkably intact historic interior
well-preserved Spanish Colonial architecture
locatedIn Las Trampas, New Mexico NERFINISHED
New Mexico
Taos County, New Mexico NERFINISHED
locatedOn High Road to Taos
material adobe
namedAfter Saint Joseph
partOf Spanish colonial missions in New Mexico
region Northern New Mexico
religiousAffiliation Catholicism
religiousOrderInfluence Spanish colonial Catholic missionaries
usedFor Catholic worship
religious ceremonies
tourism

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Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
National Historic Landmarks in New Mexico
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