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Article: Jemez State Monument: Near Bernalillo, New Mexico. (History).(Brief Article)
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- May 1, 2002
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On a stark hillside, a signed walking trail leads 3/4 mile past a kiva and through the ruins of Giusewa, a 13th-to 17th-century Native American pueblo, then to San Jose de los Jemez, a stone-and-adobe mission church built in 1622. Out of these haunting, imposing ruins, the history of New Mexico's cultures speaks eloquently. The well-preserved church walls are ...