Fortified plaza, located on a hill west of the central Taos plaza, built by Spanish settlers to protect themselves from attacks by Plains Indians
General Information
How to Get There
From Taos Plaza (0.3 mi): Head south on Paseo del Pueblo Norte, then turn onto local streets toward La Loma Plaza area to reach the historic district just west of the main plaza.
Overview
The La Loma Plaza Historic District of Taos, New Mexico was listed as a National Register of Historic Places in 1982.
Taos was originally settled in part due to Don Fernando de Taos land grants, which resulted in the construction of the fortified La Loma Plaza, located on a hill west of the central Taos plaza.
To protect themselves from attacks by Plains Indians, such as Comanche, Apache and Utes, the Spanish settlers built homes contiguously with shared common walls and the outer walls were solid adobe. Entrances to the center of the plaza were limited. It is believed that La Loma was settled between 1795 when most Spanish settlers left the protection of the fortified Taos Pueblo to settle in land that is now the town of Taos and before 1846 when New Mexico became a United States provisional government and fortified settlements were less important.
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Bernard J. Beimer House", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
