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#1 - Just as we enter the town of Chimayo, we stopped to visit the Santuario de Chimayo, a quaint adobe chapel built in 1816 by Don Bernardo Abeyta upon the very sight of his healing from a deadly disease by applying the dirt he found there.
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#2 - The quaint adobe Santuario de Chimayo
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#3 - The "gated" entrance to the courtyard of the Santuario de Chimayo
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#4 - The left gate door of the Santuario de Chimayo
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#5 - The right gate door of the Santuario de Chimayo
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#6 - Flo and Cathy in the courtyard of the Santuario de Chimayo
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#7 - The flower adorned wooden crucifix in the courtyard of the Santuario de Chimayo
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#11 - A mosaic on the wall of a side building next to Santuario de Chimayo commemorating Santo Nino de Atocha
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#12 - The entrance to the "Holy Dirt Room" in an apse to the left of the main altar of the church
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#13 - The "Holy Dirt Room" - they provide scoopers to allow you to fill your own plastic bags with the holy dirt for healing
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#14 - The hole in the floor of the "Holy Dirt Room" with the scoopers
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#15 - A heart-felt note from G. Mendopa hanging in the "Holy Dirt Room"
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#16 - A bench for waiting and discarded crutches from those who were healed by the holy dirt in the ante-room to the "Holy Dirt Room"
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#17 - A shrine and kneelers in the ante-room of the "Holy Dirt Room"
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#18 - A prayer shrine in the ante-room of the "Holy Dirt Room"
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#19 - Jimmy & Flo take advantage of some shade in the courtyard next to the Santuario de Chimayo
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#20 - The Vigil Store in the tiny town of Chimayo just next to the Santuario de Chimayo
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#21 - Medina's Chili Shop and Gallery in the tiny town of Chimayo
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#22 - The entrance arch to Medina's Chili Shop and Gallery in the tiny town of Chimayo
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#23 - Cathy examining the spices made by the proprietor of Medina's Chili Shop and Gallery in the tiny town of Chimayo
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#24 - Cathy sampling the spices made by the proprietor of Medina's Chili Shop and Gallery in the tiny town of Chimayo
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#25 - A patio on the side of Medina's Chili Shop and Gallery in the tiny town of Chimayo
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#26 - A courtyard in the back of Medina's Chili Shop and Gallery in the tiny town of Chimayo
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