Modern Federal · Cathedrals

When one faces the front of the sanctuary at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, eyes are drawn to the Lamb of God, angels in proclamation, and a replica of the San Damiano Cross, a large Romanesque rood cross that hung in an abandoned chapel near Assisi in Italy, suspended above the altar

Santa Fe · 1850–1939

When one faces the front of the sanctuary at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, eyes are drawn to the Lamb of God, angels in proclamation, and a replica of the San Damiano Cross, a large Romanesque rood cross that hung in an abandoned chapel near Assisi in Italy, suspended above the altar, Santa Fe, 1850–1939
When one faces the front of the sanctuary at the Cathedral Basilica of St. Francis of Assisi in Santa Fe, New Mexico, eyes are drawn to the Lamb of God, angels in proclamation, and a replica of the San Damiano Cross, a large Romanesque rood cross that hung in an abandoned chapel near Assisi in Italy, suspended above the altar, Santa Fe, 1850–1939. Cathedrals — Modern Federal Architecture, from the Library of Congress record.

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