The Famous Loretto Chapel & Staircase by New Mexico Tourism Department
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the miraculous staircase at tm loretto chapel tm a santa fe landmark for more than 100 years the loretto chapel is best known for the legend about its miraculous staircase come hear the story about the mysterious carpenter who appeared to build the staircase in answer to the sisters of loretto s novena then vanished without pay when it was finished tm tm
| l orettochapel fashioned after sainte-chapelle in paris was built in the 1870 s to serve the loretto academy operated by the sisters of loretto believed to be the first gothic structure west of the mississippi the chapel had a design flaw there was no way to get to the choir loft from the chapel many carpenters were called in for advice but all came up with the same answer because of the height of the loft a conventional staircase would take up too much room in the chapel below it was a question of using a ladder or rebuilding the balcony seeking divine guidance the sisters made a novena to their patron saint saint joseph the carpenter as legend has it on the ninth and final day a mysterious carpenter arrived to design and construct a circular staircase to the choir loft the tools on his donkey were just a saw carpenter s square a hammer and tubs in which to soak the wood his miraculous staircasetm contains 33 steps in two full 360-degree turns the staircase has no center support no
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