MESA PRIETA PETROGLYPHS, LOS LUCEROS, OHKAY OWINGEH, CHAMITA
Sat, May 04
|Velarde
YOUR TICKET PURCHASE SUPPORTS THE RESTORATION OF NEW MEXICO'S HISTORIC CHURCHES
Time & Location
May 04, 2024, 10:00 AM – 4:00 PM
Velarde, 1431 NM-68, Velarde, NM 87582, USA
About the event
At 10:00 we visit the extraordinary petroglyphs at Mesa Prieta, the great majority of which were created by ancestral Puebloans between about 1300 and 1600. Thereafter we drive in caravan to the Los Luceros Historic Site, where we have lunch (please bring your own meal) in a spectacular setting beside the Rio Grande and then visit two of the principal historic buildings, the hacienda and the capilla.
Following Los Luceros we drive a short distance to Ohkay Owingeh Pueblo, where we visit two gothic churches: the stone Our Lady of Lourdes Shrine, with artistically painted walls and a grotto chancel; and the brick San Juan Bautista, whose features include exceptional stained glass, an altar screen depicting the life of St. Kateri Tekakwitha, and a colcha tapestry of the Virgin of Guadalupe by Regina Cata. We then take a short walk to visit the pueblo’s plazas.
Our trip concludes at the…