Taos Pueblo is a multi-story adobe housing complex built by the Tiwa-speaking Puebloan people of northern New Mexico, continuously inhabited for roughly a thousand years and considered one of the oldest continuously occupied communities in the United States. Its two principal structures, Hlaauma and Hlaukwima, sit on either side of the Rio Pueblo de Taos and are each built up in tiered, stepped back stories of sun dried mud brick reinforced with straw, their walls periodically re-plastered with fresh adobe mud by residents in a maintenance tradition comparable to that of the Great Mosque of Djenne. The pueblo has no electricity or running water within its historic walls by community choice, preserving its traditional building methods and way of life, and it remains home to roughly 150 residents today, with many more Taos Pueblo members living nearby on surrounding tribal land. It was designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site in 1992 and is also a United States National Historic Landmark.
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Completed YearBuilt in phases; Wikipedia states the oldest standing building dates to around 1000, with construction continuing into the late 1200s and early 1300s. 1300 approximates the end of the main historic building phase; no single completion year is attested. Building Type LocationNear Taos, New Mexico, United States 3 Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category) Connections
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In Style
A multi-story adobe settlement continuously inhabited for roughly a thousand years, the archetype of Pueblo architecture.
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1. Taos Pueblo - Wikipedia
Lead section
Taos Pueblo, also called the Pueblo of Taos, Pueblo de Taos, or Teotho, is an ancient Tiwa-speaking Pueblo inhabited by the Taos people.
History section
They constructed the oldest building still standing around 1000, with more ones built in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
Lead section (location clause)
The Pueblo's old town lies about 1 mile (1.6 km) north of the modern town of Taos, New Mexico.
standing status determination, wikipedia summary
They constructed the oldest building still standing around 1000, with more ones built in the late 1200s and early 1300s.
View the Source2. Wikidata: Taos Pueblo
Wikidata Q252814, class allow-list match (w-wdresolver-0926)View the Source 3. Wikipedia
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