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Main Menu > Santa Fe > Also Nearby El Santuario de Chimayó This Excursion Comes From ... National Geographic Guide to America's Historic Places For more National Geographic travel guides—from Europe to Antarctica and everywhere in between—visit National Geographic Books >> (30 miles [48.3 kilometers] N via US 84/285 and New Mexico 76 and 520. +1 505 351 4889. Donations) Since 1816, thousands of ailing believers have come on Good Friday to seek the healing power of earth from a pit within this adobe church—a classic of Spanish colonial religious architecture. The village of Chimayó, famed for a distinctive family weaving tradition, surrounds Plaza del Cerro, among the few fortified 18th-century squares remaining in New Mexico.   More Recommendations for Santa Fe