Loretto Chapel
A fixture of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Loretto Chapel was commissioned in 1873 by the Sisters of Loretto as a school, which it was used as until 1968. Today, the chapel is a museum and used as a wedding chapel. It is the home of the famous “MIraculous Staircase”, a helix-shaped staircase which ascends 20 feet to the choir loft, making two full turns without use of a central pole, newel, nails, or glue.
A fixture of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Loretto Chapel was commissioned in 1873 by the Sisters of Loretto as a school, which it was used as until 1968. Today, the chapel is a museum and used as a wedding chapel. It is the home of the famous “MIraculous Staircase”, a helix-shaped staircase which ascends 20 feet to the choir loft, making two full turns without use of a central pole, newel, nails, or glue.
A fixture of Santa Fe, New Mexico, the Loretto Chapel was commissioned in 1873 by the Sisters of Loretto as a school, which it was used as until 1968. Today, the chapel is a museum and used as a wedding chapel. It is the home of the famous “MIraculous Staircase”, a helix-shaped staircase which ascends 20 feet to the choir loft, making two full turns without use of a central pole, newel, nails, or glue.