San José de la Laguna Mission (1)
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The picturesque mission church of San José de la Laguna was built around 1706 by Fray Antonio Miranda and shows the single-aisle floor plan commonly used in pueblo churches. It has been repaired many times, and acquired its distinctive white stucco exterior in 1977. The church contains a beautiful and well- preserved alter screen made between 1800 and 1808 by a folk artist known only as the "Laguna Santero.
" The interior walls are mud-plastered and white- washed, and the floor is made of packed earth. The handsome wooden ceiling is laid in a herringbone pattern.
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