Santa Fe Art and Architecture

by Charles Strong, The Martin Foundation for the Creative Arts, Lyn Bleiler

Book Overview

The oldest capital city in the United States is Santa Fe, which has a rich and varied cultural history as well as the oldest public building still in use. Ancestral Puebloan Indians inhabited the area as early as 500 AD, and Spanish explorers arrived in the early 1540s. When Mexico gained independence from Spain, Santa Fe became the capital of Nuevo Mejico. It was not until 1912 that New Mexico achieved statehood. In the late 19th century, the Southwest...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0738595985
• ISBN13: 9780738595986
• Release Date: November 2012
• Publisher: Arcadia Publishing (SC)
• Length: 128 Pages
• Weight: 0.65 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.4" x 9.1"