Palace of the Governors Santa Fe

105 W. Palace Ave., Santa Fe , New Mexico, United States - Phone: 505 827 6483
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    Traveler Rating 4.50
    110 reviews 9 travel blogs 8 photos

    Attraction Type:

    Historic site, History museum, Town center/square/plaza, Other, Landmark/point of interest

    Popularity

    2of 150 attractions in Santa Fe

TravelPod Member ReviewsPalace of the Governors Santa Fe

  • Lots Of History

    5

    schwanman 1 contribution Chicago, IL, United States Jul 29, 2011

    This building now serves as a museum, but even if you don't go in, it's intriguing just to admire its facade and think about its 400-plus year history.

    This review is the subjective opinion of a TravelPod member and not of TravelPod.com.

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    NEW MEXICO

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    ... Cathedral, a French Romanesque structure. On the plaza, there are many Native Americans selling jewelry under the portal of the Palace of the Governors.  The Native Americans sell jewelry, pottery, and some weavings under the protection of the ...

  • 2

    Back In Santa Fe...And Lovin' It!

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    ... city lives up to it. There really is something special about this place. Whether it's the buildings, like the Palace of the Governors, the oldest governmental building in the U.S. dating from 1610, the San Miguel Chapel, also dating from the early ...

  • 3

    Exporing Santa Fe

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    ... , we wandered around, spending time in the New Mexico Museum of Art, the New Mexico History Museum and the Palace of the Governors.  It quickly became apparent that this city is quite focused on religious iconography - many crucifixes, religious ...

  • 4

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    ... image and they would turn and tell a story about Santa Fe.  Deb off to New Mexico History Museum (in the Palace of the Governors).  Caught up early afternoon to walk to top of Canyon Rd.  Lots and lots and lots of galleries, ...

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    ... Museum of Art was closed.  Okay, no more Georgia.  Don’t know why it was closed. I walked around the plaza and the Palace of The Governors and admired the work of the locals on display on the sidewalk.    I even bought a few ...

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    ... .  Native American artists and vendors (primarily Pueblo and Navajo) sell their jewelry and crafts every day outside the Palace of the Governors.  In order to maintain the integrity and quality of the goods sold, the Museum of New Mexico ...

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    ... not to convert to Catholicism), Santa Fe holds the distinction of being the oldest capital city in the United States. The Palace of the Governors, a squat, narrow adobe building overlooking the elegant colonial plaza which housed the Spanish (and later ...

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    ... were two rooms (an office and a reception room) which looked as they had when the building had actually served as the Palace of the Governors. Highlights from this part of the collection included a stagecoach, lots of guns, a bust of Lew Wallace (who in ...

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    ... our bikes.  Saturday we started off with a yummy southwest lunch and then walked around town.  We went to the Palace of the Governors to buy some beautifully made Native American jewelry.  There happened to be an art show in a church yard ...