Events:
Contemporary Spanish Market,
Fiestas de Santa Fe,
Las Cruces International Mariachi Conference,
National Hispanic Cultural Center,
Pinatafest Cultural Celebration,
Rancho de Los Golondrinas,
Spanish Market,
Entertainment:
Flamenco,
Matachines
Explore
Sites:
El Camino Real International Heritage Center - El Camino Real is oldest and longest continuously used highway, in the U.S., bringing European colonists to "New Spain" (New Mexico) beginning 22 years before the Mayflower arrived. It has been designated a National Historic Trail.
Loretto Chapel Staircase - The staircase has two 360-degree turns and no visible means of support. The staircase was built without nails, using only wooden pegs.
Missions:
Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zia - Established in 1706, this mission was the site of a mass baptism of Zia residents following the Pueblo Revolt of 1680 and the subsequent reconquest by the Spanish.
Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos - During the Spanish colonial period, this church was the largest European structure north of the Mexican border.
Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai - Of the ruins of 17th-century mission churches at Salinas National Monument, this one is the most complete.
San Agustín de la Isleta Mission - Isleta pueblo itself dates back to the 1300s, more than 300 years before the arrival of the Spanish. Their conversion to Christianity was marked by the construction of the San Agustín de la Isleta mission, also known by its English name, Saint Augustine Church.
San Buenaventura de Cochiti - The mission church is one of the few reminders of the era of Spanish rule; the Cochiti Pueblo's main attractions are now recreation and crafts.
San Buenaventura de Humanas (Gran Quivira) and San Isidro - Franciscans began converting Abó residents in 1622, and by the late 1620s, the first church in Salinas was finished.
San Esteban del Rey de Acoma - Begun in 1630, 32 years after Juan de Oñate took possession of New Mexico in the name of King Philip II of Spain, San Esteban del Rey Church at Acoma Pueblo was one of the few Spanish missions to survive the Pueblo Revolt of 1680.
San Felipe Mission - The Pueblo of San Felipe is one of the most private and traditional of the Keresan-speaking Pueblos, but it does open to the public for its renowned Corn Dance, held each May 1 on the Feast of St. Philip (San Felipe).
San Gregorio de Abó Mission - Established in 1622, the church and convento were extensively rebuilt in the 1640s. A second renovation of the convento was undertaken in the 1650s.
San Ildefonso Mission - The Mission at San Ildefonso became the center of Franciscan activity in the north when first built. The church was burned down in 1696 and then rebuilt later by the Spanish.
San José (Giusewa) de Jémez Mission - The stabilized ruins of the mission church are among several sights of interest in Jemez.
San José de Laguna - Constructed between 1699 and 1701, this one-story adobe church is a well-preserved example of a Spanish Colonial mission.
San Lorenzo de Picurís - The church has undergone more than eight years of loving restoration at the hands of Picurís Pueblo members, preserving an important part of the pueblo’s history.
San Miguel Mission Chapel - The oldest church still in use in the United States, this simple adobe structure was built in the early 17th century by the Tlaxcalan Indians of Mexico, who came to New Mexico as servants of the Spanish.
Santa Ana Pueblo Mission - This mission church at Santa Ana Pueblo was completed in 1750. One of its main attractions is an early 19th-century retablo.
Santo Domingo Mission - The old mission church was one of the largest and finest in New Mexico, but was eventually, despite attempts by the people of Santo Domingo to save it, destroyed by flooding on the Rio Grande.
Santuario de Chimayó - Believed to be built on sacred earth with miraculous healing powers, the legendary shrine El Santuario de Chimayó, is probably the most visited church in New Mexico.
Santuario de Guadalupe - Built in 1781, west of the Santa Fe Plaza, the historic Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe Church is now an art and history museum.
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