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THE CATHDRAL OF SAN FRANCISCO DE ASSISI. IT IS A MODERN BUILDING AND STANDS UPON THE SITE OF AND OVER THE FORMER ADOBE PARISH CHURCH. IT WAS BUILT BY ARCHBISHOP JUAN B. LAMY AND IN HIS MONUMENT. THERE ARE MANY FINE PAINTINGS IN THIS EDIFICE. BEHIND THE ALTAR IS A RICHLY CARVED PAINTED REREDAS, ERCTED BY GOVERNOR DEL VALLE IN 1691. BACK TO THE ALTAR ARE,HUNG THE OLD PAINTINGS, AND BENEATH IT ARE THE REMAINS OF TWO FRANCISCAN FRIARS, WHO WERE MURDERED BY INDIANS IN THE UPRISING OF 1680. THE REMAINS OF ARCHBISHOP LAMY ALSO REST HERE. |
