Padre Antonio José Martínez - Taos, NM
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The Snowdog
N 36° 24.424 W 105° 34.472
13S E 448485 N 4029252
This life-size bronze statue of Padre Antonio José Martínez is in Taos Plaza, in historic downtown Taos, New Mexico.
Waymark Code: WM135RE
Location: New Mexico, United States
Date Posted: 09/22/2020
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Padre Antonio José Martínez lived through three distinct periods of New Mexico history - the Spanish Period, the Mexican Period, and the American occupation. Educated, highly literate, and knowledgeable, he was the undisputed religious authority of what is now northern New Mexico. He obtained and made good use of the first printing press in New Mexico, and as a political leader led the way for New Mexico to become a state. You can read more at
this Wikipedia article and at news articles
here and
here.
The life-size bronze statue, depicting Padre Martínez in priest's robes and reading from a pamphlet, was created by sculptor Huberto Maestas. The link below provides information about the statue and gives the full text of the marker at the base of the statue.