Mission Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zía

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]

See also

• Spanish missions in New Mexico
• Pueblo Revolt

External links

• Nuestra Señora de la Asunción in Zia Pueblo
• New Mexico Tourism on Nuestra Señora de la Asunción de Zia
• Sunlight and Adobe - Photographing New Mexico's Historic Missions New Mexico Photography Field School
• History, Archdiocese of Santa Fe
• Catholic Encyclopedia article on New Mexico Missions