San Miguel Mission
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
San Miguel Mission
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Known locally as ‘The Oldest Church’, San Miguel Chapel dates to the founding of Santa Fe in 1610. The oldest documented reference to San Miguel is dated July 28, 1628. This source document refers to San Miguel as a Hermitage, or military chapel. Today, San Miguel is often referred to as San Miguel Mission, or San Miguel Church. San Miguel Chapel is used in all official documents, as it reflects this oldest documented reference.
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June 29th, 2019
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Comments (8)
Judy Vincent
Beautiful capture! Congratulations! This will be the “Churches, Chapels, and Cathedrals” photo of the day on the USA Photographers group home page for 3/15/22!
Morris Finkelstein
Fabulous photo of San Miguel Mission in New Mexico with great colors, light, perspective, and composition, Jurgen! F/L