Item Details
La Conquistadora, Our Country's Oldest Madonna
| Format | Postcard |
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| Description | 2 pages |
| Language | English |
| City, State | Santa Fe, NM |
| Denomination | Catholic Church |
| Subject | Fine Arts |
| Notes | Our Lady of the Rosary, but more often called "La Conquistadora," by her subjects, because she had come to Santa Fe, in the days of their founding parents, the "Conquistadores." Here La Conquistadors is enthroned on her beautiful hand-carved stone altar in the old Chapel of Our Lady of the Rosary, at the Rosario Cemetery, in Santa Fe, New Mexico. The Chapel was built in 1812. |
| Collection | James R. Tanis Collection of Church Postcards |
| Contributor | Princeton Theological Seminary |
| Rights |  Copyright Not EvaluatedDigitized collections are made accessible for purposes of education and research.
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