Abó Ruins - Torrance County, New Mexico
Posted by: Groundspeak Regular Member gparkes
N 34° 27.017 W 106° 22.474
13S E 373731 N 3812941
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, headquartered in Mountainair, New Mexico, has three sets of ruins.
Waymark Code: WMACW4
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2010
Published By:Groundspeak Premium Member muddawber
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Abó Ruins

Salinas National Monument
3/4 Mile North

Located adjacent to the major east-west trade route through Abó Pass, the Tompiro Pueblo of Abó (ca. 1300s - 1670s) was one of the Southwest's largest Pueblo Indian house complexes are dominated by the unique buttressed walls, 40 feet high, of the Spanish Franciscan mission church of San Gregorio de Abó, built around 1630.

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