What to see in America . New Mexico 431. ThK CllUKCH AT LauUXA Inside of the ven-erable church is abell cast in Spainmore than a centurybefore the discoveryof America. Nearby, on the crooked eststreet in the UnitedStates, is a housewhich tradition sayswas built by PuebloIndians long before the Spanish occupation. It has been continuously occupiedsince, though not without some change and renovation. Santa Fe is on a plateau that has an altitude of about7000 feet, and the summer weather is invigoratingly com-fortable rather than hot, while the winter weather is seldomsevere. The plateau is rimme
What to see in America . New Mexico 431. ThK CllUKCH AT LauUXA Inside of the ven-erable church is abell cast in Spainmore than a centurybefore the discoveryof America. Nearby, on the crooked eststreet in the UnitedStates, is a housewhich tradition sayswas built by PuebloIndians long before the Spanish occupation. It has been continuously occupiedsince, though not without some change and renovation. Santa Fe is on a plateau that has an altitude of about7000 feet, and the summer weather is invigoratingly com-fortable rather than hot, while the winter weather is seldomsevere. The plateau is rimmed by peaks, over thirty ofwhich are from 10,000 to 13,000 feet high. Santa Fe itselfis on the whole sleepy and ancient-looking, with streets thatare often so narrow as to be like paths among the juttingirregular fronts of adobe buildings. But there are modernstructures side by side with the primitive ones, and the re-cent and the antiquated offer curious contrasts. The plazahas evolved from a barren common to a bower of
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