Taos Pueblo is considered the oldest continuously inhabited community in the USA. It is the only living Native American community designated both a World Heritage Site by UNESCO and a National Historic Landmark.
The multi-storied adobe buildings have been continuously inhabited for over 1000 years. Presently, the pueblo is is inhabited by a small percentage of the people, and then only seasonably, mainly for the feast days and celebrations.
The San Geronimo Church (built in 1850) is one of the youngest buildings in the community. Both Catholicism and native religions are practiced by the population.
The exteriors of the buildings are plastered annually with adobe to maintain them, and there is a no electricity and no running water restriction within the sacred village. Their water comes from Red Willow Creek and is carried to the houses by pottery and pails.
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