Quarai Ruins - Torrance County, New Mexico
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gparkes
N 34° 35.713 W 106° 17.848
13S E 381020 N 3828920
Salinas Pueblo Missions National Monument, headquartered in Mountainair, New Mexico, has three sets of ruins.
Waymark Code: WMACW7
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 12/27/2010
Views: 8
Quarai Ruins
Salinas National Monument
1 Mile West
On the edge of the Plains stands the abandoned Tiwa Pueblo Indian village of Quarai (ca. 1200-1670s), the southernmost of the Tiwa villages, located along the eastern flanks of the Manzano Mountains. The Spanish Franciscan mission church of La Purisima Concepcion (1630) is the most complete remaining example of the larger Salinas churches.