U. S. Mission Trail / The Mission Trail Today - The Spanish Missions in New Mexico
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Mission San Buenaventura de Humanas - Gran Quivira

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Sign at the entrance to the site.

Entry building.

Approaching the ruins.

Approaching the ruins.

Remains of stone walls.

Remains of stone walls.


Label for Gran Quivira.

Label for Underground Worship. The native people continued their own religion in secret in underground spaces.

Ruins and kivas.

Label for the Plaza, the Heart of the Pueblo.

Low remains of walls.

Low remains of walls.

Remains of taller walls in an interior space.

Low remains of walls.

Remains of taller walls.


Remains of taller walls.

Walls in the distance.

Remains of taller walls.

Looking out from the site.


An interesting old building that I noticed on the way back to the highway.

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