1 mi. NW of Santa Cruz Reservoir Dam, Chimayo, New Mexico. County/parish: Santa Fe.
Added to the National Register of Historic Places April 15, 1970. NRIS 70000412.
1 contributing building.Also known as:
El Santuario de Chimayó is a Roman Catholic church in Chimayo, New Mexico, United States. (Santuario is Spanish for "sanctuary".) This shrine, a National Historic Landmark, is famous for the story of its founding and as a contemporary pilgrimage site. It receives almost 300,000 visitors per year and has been called "no doubt the most important Catholic pilgrimage center in the United States."
(read more...)National Park Service documentation: https://catalog.archives.gov/id/77847012