<p><br> Located a block away from the Plaza, the Romanesque-style Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi was built between 1869 and 1886 by Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, the first Archbishop of Santa Fe.</p>

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Located a block away from the Plaza, the Romanesque-style Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi was built between 1869 and 1886 by Archbishop Jean-Baptiste Lamy, the first Archbishop of Santa Fe.

Photograph by Krista Rossow

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