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EXPLORING NEW MEXICO draft
My namesake San Miguel,
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Built with thick adobe walls, the chapel is named after St. Michael the Archangel, and first served as a place of worship for small groups of Tlaxcalan Indians and Spanish settlers and soldiers who lived in the area south of the Santa Fe River.
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Although damaged several times by feuds and rebellions, San Miguel is always rebuilt. In 1640, parts of the chapel are destroyed by Spanish soldiers, as the result of a feud – over Spanish mistreatment of the natives – between Provincial Spanish Governor Luis de Rosas and the Franciscans who stood up for the natives.
But the damage is repaired and the chapel remains active for 40 more years, until the natives rebel against the Spanish forces in what comes to be known as the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. As the Spanish are driven out of the area, the chapel is set on fire, loosing the roof, ornaments and all except its adobe walls.
Twelve years later, in 1693, after the Spanish re-conquer Santa Fe, Governor Don Diego de Vargas orders the reconstructions of the church. However, because of lack of wood and other building materials, it takes another 17 years to complete and San Miguel reopens in 1710.
In 1798, the city of Santa Fe pays for the reconstruction of chapel’s altar. In 1872, a catastrophic storm brings down the bell tower, but it is rebuilt two years later.
But the damage is repaired and the chapel remains active for 40 more years, until the natives rebel against the Spanish forces in what comes to be known as the Pueblo Revolt of 1680. As the Spanish are driven out of the area, the chapel is set on fire, loosing the roof, ornaments and all except its adobe walls.
Twelve years later, in 1693, after the Spanish re-conquer Santa Fe, Governor Don Diego de Vargas orders the reconstructions of the church. However, because of lack of wood and other building materials, it takes another 17 years to complete and San Miguel reopens in 1710.
In 1798, the city of Santa Fe pays for the reconstruction of chapel’s altar. In 1872, a catastrophic storm brings down the bell tower, but it is rebuilt two years later.
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Nowadays, we call this a "half-basement" but it's usually below an urban building. Not this one.
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some of this stuff hurts. But it's the truth and we have to learn to accept it.
it's about respect for each other
Every Indian pueblo has has a Spanish-designated patron saint.
it's about respect for each other
Every Indian pueblo has has a Spanish-designated patron saint.
But it's the honest and courageous way this museum deals with the relations between Hispanics and Native Americans that I found most impressive.
clearly trying to avoid offending either side,
• "Native Americans in this region speak more than a dozen different languages and have adapted to the environment in strikingly different ways."
• "Catholic Albuquerque — Many early residents practiced Catholicism, the world's largest religion. Their descendants still do."
Pope's Rebellion
beloved by many
Most people wonder through museums and galleries like they do on social media: They look as the images but they don't bother to read anything. Sometime they form opinions based on only photos, and they often reach the wrong conclusions.
I'm the opposite. Once I walk into a museum, I read everything. And if the reading is interesting, I take a picture of it. It's much faster than taking notes! Since I'm usually in the town or site where history occurred, and since museum information is usually researched by more that one historian or author, I give museum literature much more credibility than what I read in history books.
This is why my presentation of history is a little different and perhaps even more accurate. With a little help from local museums, I take you there! But of course I'm not there to review an entire museum. I'm searching for their Hispanic history exhibits. I want to know what they have to say about the Hispanics in their local history.
The Albuquerque Museum did not disappoint me. People were right. I needed to come here!
clearly trying to avoid offending either side,
• "Native Americans in this region speak more than a dozen different languages and have adapted to the environment in strikingly different ways."
• "Catholic Albuquerque — Many early residents practiced Catholicism, the world's largest religion. Their descendants still do."
Pope's Rebellion
beloved by many
Most people wonder through museums and galleries like they do on social media: They look as the images but they don't bother to read anything. Sometime they form opinions based on only photos, and they often reach the wrong conclusions.
I'm the opposite. Once I walk into a museum, I read everything. And if the reading is interesting, I take a picture of it. It's much faster than taking notes! Since I'm usually in the town or site where history occurred, and since museum information is usually researched by more that one historian or author, I give museum literature much more credibility than what I read in history books.
This is why my presentation of history is a little different and perhaps even more accurate. With a little help from local museums, I take you there! But of course I'm not there to review an entire museum. I'm searching for their Hispanic history exhibits. I want to know what they have to say about the Hispanics in their local history.
The Albuquerque Museum did not disappoint me. People were right. I needed to come here!
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