Santa Clara, New Mexico, southwest US,
mission church, 1920's

Ruins of Zuni Pueblo mission church in New
Mexico, southwest US in 1920's

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SANTA CLARA (Saint Claire) is 2 miles south of Espanola, New Mexico, in the southwest United States, west of the Rio Grande. It's an example of early Franciscan missions in New Mexico, 135 feet long, cruciform in shape, with a 10-foot long entrance.

ZUNI ruins of the Zuni Mission at Zuni Pueblo (1920s). Founded in 1699, and completed in 1705. Of all the Pueblo Indians, the Zuni tribe has been affected the least by Christian influence. This historic building was slowly moldering away in 1920's.