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Palace of the Governors

Originally constructed in the early 17th century as Spain's seat of government for what is today the American Southwest, the Palace of the Governors chronicles the history of Santa Fe, as well as New Mexico and the region. This adobe structure, located on the plaza in Santa Fe is now the state's history museum was designated a Registered National Historic Landmark in 1960 and an American Treasure in 1999.

While the Pilgrims were clearing land for Plymouth Plantation, a second generation of Spanish farmers tended flocks and harvested crops in Spain's northern most colony in the Americas.

The Palace of the Governors' four-foot thick walls, long galleries, small rooms and secure courtyard mirror its original purpose as a seat of government on a remote frontier.

Period rooms and exhibitions at the Palace tell tales of nearly 400 years of New Mexico history starting with Francisco Vásquez de Coronado's 1540 expedition. Through Palace doors have passed Spanish soldiers, Pueblo peoples, Mexican governors, U.S. military personnel, an army of the Confederate States of America, New Mexico territorial governors, and merchants who came by way of the Santa Fe Trail.

Palace of the Governors
Santa Fe, New Mexico
www.palaceofthegovernors.org

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