Cristo Rey Church

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Stock #: 76732
Type: Postcard
Era: Linen
City: Santa Fe
State: New Mexico (NM)
County: Santa Fe
Size: 3.5" x 5.5" (9 x 14 cm)
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THE CHURCH OF EL CHRISTO REY (Christ The King). This church, althought built as late as 1939 , is one of the finest examples of Santa-Pueblo architecture ,The white stoned reredos, or back alter ,is its choicest treature, The reredos were originally palced in Santa Fe by the Spanish Governor del Valle during the 18 th century in a church which stood at that time on the South Side of the Plaza. This alter has some of the finest speciments of Ecclesiastical sculpture in the Western Hemisphere.

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