We should take special care to meet the highest standards of an encyclopedia with these articles lest they make Wikipedia appear idiosyncratic. These articles are verifiable, valuable contributions to the encyclopedia, but are a bit odd, whimsical, or something one would not expect to find in Encyclopædia Britannica. Of the over six million articles in the English Wikipedia there are some articles that Wikipedians have identified as being somewhat unusual. Wikipedia contains other images and articles that are similarly shocking or udderly amoosing. Still, all such lists risk being deleted for lack of a neutral definition of what counts as 'unusual'.Ī cow with antlers atop a power line pole. Once inside the chapel itself, this area does not detract from the original structure.Lists of unusual things in Wikipedia mainspace (see Category:Lists of things considered unusual) should have an external reference for each entry that specifically classifies it as unusual, to avoid making it a point of view (POV) fork of original research. It's a small enclosure added to the side of the original building which also houses a gift shop - the only difference being you do enter from the side of the church via this small area as opposed to entering through the front double doors as in most churches. Forget the 'mini-mall' entrance some have described. None of our guest have ever been disappointed. Be sure to stay the watch the video which fully explains the history of the chapel.Īs I live in Santa Fe, we take guests there on a yearly basis. The Chapel is quite small and the tour takes almost no time. Engineers still marvel at this carpenters accomplishment. He left before he could be paid and no one is quite sure who he was or how he completed the masterpiece.

An unknown carpenter came along and built the spiral stairway without the use of hammer or nails. The story is that the sisters prayed for a carpenter to build them a stairway to the choir loft.

The chapel was built by French and Spanish artisans who modeled the chapel after Sainte Chapelle in Paris. Santa Fe's Loretto Chapel - Miracle Staircase

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