RT Postcard
T1 Cathedral of San Francisco De Assisi, Santa Fe, New Mexico
A2 James R. Tanis
LA Undetermined
YR s.a
UL https://ixtheo.de/Record/1894559266
NO The Cathedral of San Francisco De Assisi was built by Archbishop Juan B. Lamy whose life and works are immortalized in Willa Cather's book "Death comes to the Archbishop". There are many fine paintings in this edifices. Behind the altar is a richly carved and painted reredos, erected by Governor Del Valle in 1691. Back of the altar are hung the old paintings, and beneath it are the remains of two Franciscan Friars who were murdered by Indians in the uprising of 1680. The remains of Archbishop Lamy also rest here. His monument is seen in lower right-hand corner of picture
K1 Fine Arts
K1 Church buildings ; United States
K1 Church architecture ; United States
K1 Catholic Church
K1 United States ; NM ; Santa Fe
K1 Postkarte