Mission Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zía was a Spanish Mission to the Zia Indians, established around 1610 by Franciscan missionaries accompanying Juan de Oñate. The church sustained severe damage in the Pueblo Revolt of 1680; after the reconquest of the territory by Diego de Vargas in 1692, the Franciscans returned and performed a mass baptism of the Zia.[1] Reconstruction of the church began in 1706 under the supervision of Fray Juan Alvarez, and was completed in 1750 under Fray Manuel Bermejo.[2]
The church building underwent several further renovations, including stuccoing in 1972 and 1998.[1] Its retablo is painted by the anonymous artist known as the "Laguna Santero".[3]
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edit- ^ a b Lux, Annie (2007). Historic New Mexico Churches. Gibbs Smith. pp. 21–22. ISBN 978-1-4236-0169-2.
- ^ Pacheo, Ana (6 August 2018). Pueblos of New Mexico. Arcadia. ISBN 1439665001.
- ^ Carrillo, Charles M.; Steele, Thomas J. (2007). A Century of Retablos: The Janis and Dennis Lyon Collection of New Mexican Santos, 1780-1880. Hudson Hills. p. 58. ISBN 1555952739.
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