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Built in 1781 west of the Santa Fe Plaza, the historic
Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe church is now an art and history
museum. The Santuario contains the Archdiocese of Santa
Fe's collection of New Mexican santos (carved images of
the saints), Italian Renaissance paintings, and Mexican
baroque paintings.
Among the treasured works is Our Lady of Guadalupe, one
of the largest and finest oil paints of the Spanish Southwest,
dated 1783 and signed by Jose de Alzibar, one of Mexico's
most renowned painters.
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