Fodor's Expert Review Iglesia de San Juan Bautista

Lincoln

When church services, weddings, funerals, and other regularly scheduled functions are not taking place here, Lincoln's historic Iglesia de San Juan Bautista, originally built in 1887, can be viewed free. The tiny church was built and restored entirely from local materials. Roof beams and other wood elements including latillas (small branches laid on top of larger, rounded wood beams known as vigas) were dragged by oxcart from the nearby Capitan Mountains.

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Main St. (U.S. 380)
Lincoln, New Mexico  88338, USA

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Rate Includes: Free, Daily 8:30–4:30

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