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Ruins: Aztec Ruins National Monument, Bandelier National Monument, Chaco Culture National Historical Park, El Morro National Monument, Gila Cliff Dwelling National Monument, Petroglyph National Monument, Three Rivers Petroglyph Site, Village of the Great Kivas
Missions: Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zia, Nuestra Señora de los Angeles de Porciuncula de los Pecos, Nuestra Señora de Purísima Concepción de Quarai, San Agustín de la Isleta Mission, San Buenaventura de Cochiti, San Esteban del Rey de Acoma, San Felipe Mission, San Gregorio de Abó Mission, San Ildefonso Mission, San Buenaventura de Humanas (Gran Quivira) and San Isidro, San José (Giusewa) de Jémez Mission, San José de Laguna, San Lorenzo de Picurís, San Miguel Mission Chapel, Santa Ana Pueblo Mission, Santo Domingo Mission, Santuario de Chimayó, Santuario de Guadalupe

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. Construction began in 1622 on the Mission Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles de Porciúncula ("Our Lady of the Angels of Porciúncula") outside the walls of the Pueblo of Pecos, New Mexico. The mission was destroyed in the Pueblo Revolt in 1680. After the Spanish reconquest in 1693, a smaller mission was built in 1717. The walls of this later church still stand on top of the earlier church's stone foundation. Today, extensive stabilized stone ruins of churches, conventos and pueblos are maintained by the National Park Service.