Chimayo, NM - Cyburbia Forums

teofilo · 2009-05-07, 10:35 PM

Chimayo is a small Hispanic village in northern New Mexico famous as a pilgrimage destination. The history of the pilgrimage cult in Chimayo, which is primarily centered on the chapel known as the Santuario de Chimayo, is long and complicated. The Santuario is the building in the first few pictures here. The other pictures are of other parts of the village.

Seana · 2009-05-08, 03:39 AM

Thank you for sharing beautiful photos of a fascinating and little known-about area in our country.

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Originally posted by teofilo

Who painted this mural? (And why?) Do you have closeup photo of it?

DetroitPlanner · 2009-05-08, 09:39 AM

I like the colors on the mural. reminds me of a late Gaugain.

Linda_D · 2009-05-08, 01:41 PM

Teofilo, your photos remind me again that I've got to tour northern NM and southern CO before I get too old.

teofilo · 2009-05-08, 08:55 PM

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Originally posted by Seana

Who painted this mural? (And why?) Do you have closeup photo of it?

I don't have a closeup of it, unfortunately. I presume someone associated with the Santuario painted it; it's a stylized view of the chapel and the plaza next to it. The building it's painted on is right across that plaza from the Santuario and houses the bathrooms.

Dan · 2009-05-10, 06:59 PM

Keep on posting photos of those small New Mexico towns! Makes me miss the state even more; I'd really like to get back there when I retire.

teofilo · 2009-05-10, 09:37 PM

Unfortunately, I've posted all the pictures of small NM towns I that I currently have. Glad to hear that people have liked them; I'll try to take some more as the opportunity arises. In the meantime, I'll be posting a bunch of pictures of towns I went through on a recent road trip to California. Pie Town was actually the first of these, but it's the only one in NM.

2009-05-07, 10:35 PM	#1
teofilo Cyburbian Registered: Aug 2005 Location: Highland Park, NJ Posts: 253	Chimayo, NM Chimayo is a small Hispanic village in northern New Mexico famous as a pilgrimage destination. The history of the pilgrimage cult in Chimayo, which is primarily centered on the chapel known as the Santuario de Chimayo, is long and complicated. The Santuario is the building in the first few pictures here. The other pictures are of other parts of the village.

2009-05-08, 09:39 AM	#3
DetroitPlanner Cyburbian Registered: Mar 2004 Location: Where the weak are killed and eaten. Posts: 3,242	I like the colors on the mural. reminds me of a late Gaugain. __________________ Two coneys and Chilli fries, a Day on Belle Isle with your family, running to the corner for a Faygo and Better Made's thats Detroit Love. - K. Kilpatrick:-o

2009-05-10, 06:59 PM	#6
Dan Cyburbia Administrator Registered: Mar 1996 Location: Austin, Texas Posts: 8,964 Blog entries: 3	Keep on posting photos of those small New Mexico towns! Makes me miss the state even more; I'd really like to get back there when I retire. __________________ Growth for growth's sake is the ideology of the cancer cell. -- Edward Abbey

2009-05-08, 01:41 PM	#4
Linda_D Cyburbian Registered: Nov 2006 Location: Jamestown, New York Posts: 293	Teofilo, your photos remind me again that I've got to tour northern NM and southern CO before I get too old.

2009-05-10, 09:37 PM	#7
teofilo Cyburbian Registered: Aug 2005 Location: Highland Park, NJ Posts: 253	Unfortunately, I've posted all the pictures of small NM towns I that I currently have. Glad to hear that people have liked them; I'll try to take some more as the opportunity arises. In the meantime, I'll be posting a bunch of pictures of towns I went through on a recent road trip to California. Pie Town was actually the first of these, but it's the only one in NM.

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