Holy site and past home of La Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno in Taos
General Information
Interior is generally not open to visitors (private religious site)
How to Get There
From Taos Plaza (0.7 mi): Head east from the plaza along Kit Carson Road, continue toward residential streets, then follow local roads to Penitente Lane where the historic morada is located.
Overview
La Morada de Nuestra Senora de Guadalupe, also known as Taos Morada, is a holy site and past home of La Fraternidad Piadosa de Nuestro Padre Jesús Nazareno in Taos, New Mexico. The Penitent Brothers, or the Hermanos Penitentes used the Morado for religious study of ancient Catholic lay religious practices.
Land was granted for Taos Morada and the Calvario in 1797 to 1798 by the religious and administrative officials of the Taos Pueblo. The property was to be used by Hermanos for religious purposes. Taos Morada was fully completed in 1834 and was led by Padre Antonio José Martínez. From the 1800s it was a center of Hermanos' religious activity, based upon practices that originated in Spain.
By the 1970s there were only a few remaining Hermanos. In 1977 Taos Morada was sold to the Kit Carson Memorial Foundation.
It was listed on the National Register of Historic Places and received monies from the National Park Service, the state Historic Preservation Office, and CETA funds for the restoration of Taos Morada to its state during the mid-19th century. In or after 2008, the Morada became the property of the Catholic Our Lady of Guadalupe Church in Taos and the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
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