The origins of the Taos
Plaza...
Built in the 1790s, this
fortification also served
the valley with trading
fairs.
The cross & Veterans
Memorial honor Taos
veterans in World War I,
World War II, Korean
War, Vietnam War &
Persian Gulf War.
Martinez established
schools in Taos.
During his political career, Padre Martinez presided over the convention to organize New Mexico as a U.S, territory.
On Friday afternoon,
the gazebo is empty.
It is an adobe
structure.
And, it has a hotel here on the Plaza.
Eric admires the brightly
colored doors of the Hotel
La Fonda de Taos Lobby
Entrance.
Hotel La Fonda de Taos proudly displays the "forbidden artwork" of D.H. Lawrence. The nine paintings on display here were seized by the police from the Dorothy Warren Gallery in London in 1929. By today's standards, the paintings are erotically artful, but in the early 20th century, they were considered lurid, obscene.
How did Lawrence's art end up in Taos? Lawrence's patroness, Mabel Dodge Sterne Luhan invited him and his wife Frieda to Taos in 1922. She gave the couple 160 acres of land 20 miles north of town that became known as Kiowa Ranch. Lawrence died in 1930. Frieda returned to Taos a few years later. Following her death in 1956, Saki Karavas, owner of the Hotel La Fonda de Taos, purchased the "forbidden paintings" from Frieda's second husband, Angelo Ravagli. Karavas bequeathed his hotel and the paintings to George Sahd's family, who continue to run the hotel and display Lawrence's art.
Taos Adobe
Quilting
Eric and I dodge raindrops as we walk from one section of the plaza to another.
Taos Adobe Bar is
on a side street.
on a side street.
A ghost sits on the bench
outside the Rocky Mountain
The Alley Cantina's
outdoor seating is
empty on a rainy
afternoon.
Eric shopped at Taos
Mercantile Company.
Hey! Our car is getting
peed on!
I get the message....
It's time to leave.
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