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The Santa Fe Plaza (Spanish: Plaza de Santa Fe) [3] is a National Historic Landmark in downtown Santa Fe, New Mexico in the style of traditional Spanish-American colonial cities. The plaza , or city square is a gathering place for locals and also a tourist attraction.
The Soldiers Monument is located in the center of the rectangular Santa Fe plaza. [7] Its site is at the crux of eight walkways that radiate to the four corners and four sides and connect to a perimeter walkway. [8] The present siting originates with an 1860s re-design of the town square in a neoclassical style of the prior plaza grounds design ...
The De Vargas Street House is a two-story adobe building; the first floor is original and the second floor was reconstructed based on the original in the 1920s. Most of the house is constructed from adobe brick, which was a Spanish colonial technology, while a few lower wall sections are puddled adobe characteristic of pre-Spanish pueblo buildings.
Aug. 15—City councilors have put the brakes on a resolution to look into moving the Soldiers' Monument to the Santa Fe National Cemetery. ... Monument in the center of the Santa Fe Plaza if it's ...
Aug. 10—The idea of a new home for the Plaza obelisk had seemed too polarizing to explore when it was posed by some of Santa Fe City Councilor Carol Romero-Wirth's constituents more than a year ...
Nov. 27—Many longtime Santa Fe residents might say the Five & Dime General Store on the Plaza is one of the last downtown businesses that hearkens back to the old days, when you could wander ...
Located within the Santa Fe Historic District along the Santa Fe Plaza between Lincoln and Washington avenues, it served as the seat of government for New Mexico for centuries, having been established as the capitol building of Nuevo México in 1610. It was New Mexico's seat of government until 1901.
The Barrio de Analco is located on the south side of the Santa Fe River, across the river from the main downtown area that includes the Santa Fe Plaza and the Palace of the Governors. The district is anchored at the junction of Old Santa Fe Trail and East De Vargas Street, and extends a short way (partial blocks) to the south, east and west.