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105 W Palace Ave Santa Fe, NM 87501(505) 476-5100 |
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Built as the seat of power by the conquering Spanish of the early 1600s, the Palace of the Governors is a distinctive adobe structure, now serving as a historical museum. The rooms within the building trace the history of the region including its time under Spanish and Mexican control, dating from the mid-1500s until the early 1800s and the early 1800s through mid-1800s respectively, as well as New Mexico's periods as a U.S. territory and state. It contains many priceless items, such as bison hide paintings from the 1700s that are the earliest known images of local life under Spanish control and a clock stopped in time by a bullet during the Pancho Villa raid of 1916. The historic structure is in the heart of Santa Fe, next to the New Mexico Museum of Art and the Institute of American Indian Arts Museum.
Open Tue. - Sun. 10:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Adults $8; Children 16 and under are free.
Hotels
Inn of the Anasazi, A Rosewood Hotel, 0.1 miles from Palace of the Governors La Fonda Hotel, 0.1 miles from Palace of the Governors
