Taos Pueblo has been continually inhabited anywhere from 700 to 1000 years. It is also the only living Native American community designed both as a World Heritage Site and as a National Historic Site. It is situated at the base of the Sangre de Cristo Mountains. The pueblo is made entirely of adobe, which is earth mixed with water and straw.
The Tewo Indians live in this Pueblo. On the ground level, there were many shops open to the public. On this property there are the ruins of the St. Jerome Church. It was originally constructed in 1619. during the Pueblo Revolt of 1680, the church was destroyed in an effort to remove Spanish reign from the territory. The revolt included all pueblos in New Mexico and was the only time in US history that a tribe was successful in removing a large group of foreign inhabitants. After Spanish reconquest in 1692, the church was rebuilt.
In 1847, during the US War with Mexico, the US Army attacked Taos Pueblo in retaliation to the murder of Taos Governor Charles Bent. It was believed the Taos Indians participated in the murderous act that was led by revolutionaries looking to overthrow US government in a town where Spanish rule predated the existing command. During the dispute, sanctuary was sought inside the church by men, women and children of the Pueblo only to result in total destruction of the church and the people inside. The bell tower is what still stands today and the courtyard became a place of burial thereafter.
In places these pueblos are 1-5 stories. The Taos Pueblo is known to have inspired what is now known as southwestern architecture. Each door is an entrance to a privately owned home. Homes are passed on from generation to generation and maintained by each family. This maintenance includes plastering with adobe, roof repair and woodwork.
The domed shaped object is there oven.
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