CSPAN3 New Mexicos Palace Of The Govenors August 25, 2016
He was determined to make it a palace. Other people writing about it across the centuries, this modest adoe by buadp adobe buil. There was nothing about the palace of the governors that made it appear to be what we consider a Great National historic landmark. Calling it a palace was more pretense than reality for much of its history. The spanish occupied new mexico from 1598 until 1821 when mexico declared its independence from spain. In that period of 1598 to 1609, the new mexico seat of government was in the northern part of the state. In 1609, the governors moved here to santa fe and establ...