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Cross of the Martyrs

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Cruz de los Mártires
Length8 feet (2.4 m)
Height25 feet (7.6 m)
Weight76 short tons (69 t)

The Cross of the Martyrs refers to either of two cross-shaped monuments erected in the 20th century in Santa Fe, New Mexico, commemorating the deaths of 21 Catholic clergy during the Pueblo Revolt (the named 'martyrs'). The earlier of the two was near the Old Taos Highway and La Cruz Road, which is named after the memorial.[1] The Midland Bridge Company made this cross for the designers Ralph Emerson Twitchell, Edgar L. Street, and Warren G. Turley, using reinforced concrete.[2] The cross was dedicated during the 1920 Fiestas de Santa Fe. The Historic Santa Fe Foundation and the Fiesta Council commissioned a second Cross of the Martyrs in 1994, made of steel, near Fort Marcy.

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  1. ^ Pacheco, Ana (August 10, 2021). "Pueblo Revolt 1680 Protest @ the Cross of the Martyrs in Santa Fe". History in Santa Fe.
  2. ^ "Cross of the Martyrs Historical Marker". hmdb.org.