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Tourist attractions in Taos, New Mexico (1 C, 12 P) Pages in category "Tourist attractions in Taos County, New Mexico" The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total.
Taos Downtown Historic District is located in the center of Taos, New Mexico. It is roughly bounded by Ojitos, Quesnel, Martyr's Lane, Las Placitas and Ranchitos Streets. [3] More broadly the area originally called Don Fernando de Taos [nb 1] is located in the Taos Valley, alongside Taos Creek and about 2 miles (3.2 km) south of Taos Pueblo.
I love traveling to northern New Mexico and making stops in the tourist-friendly towns of Santa Fe and Taos. However, my favorite place to visit — Ghost Ranch — is slightly less popular.
Taos Plaza is a tourist destination with many shops displaying Northern New Mexico foods and cultural items, including products made in Taos, chile ristras, packaged food items, Southwestern jewelry, pottery, clothing, leather work, and Native American moccasins and drums.
Sterne was a wealthy society hostess and arts patron who had taken up residence in Taos and who was to marry Tony Lujan (stylized Luhan by Sterne), a Native American from Taos Pueblo, thus becoming Mabel Dodge Luhan in 1923. [3] Traveling via Australia, then to San Francisco, Lawrence and Frieda arrived in Taos in mid-September 1922. [3]
By the 1950s Taos had become one of the major centers for modern art in the country. The artists became known as the "Taos Moderns". Andrew Dasbug came to Taos and was a mentor to many of the new artists. Some of the emerging artists from this period include: Thomas Benrimo, Agnes Martin, Clay Spohn, and Edward Corbett.
The Taos art colony was an art colony founded in Taos, New Mexico, by artists attracted by the culture of the Taos Pueblo and northern New Mexico. The history of Hispanic craftsmanship in furniture, tin work, and other mediums also played a role in creating a multicultural tradition of art in the area.