Jemez Historic Site

We would like to thank all staff, volunteers, dancers and performers that helped make this event a huge success! We would also like to give big thanks to our partners at the Village of Jemez Springs, the Pueblo of Jemez EMS, Museum of NM Foundation, and the Friends of Coronado and Jemez Historic Site. We are eternally grateful and appreciative for all of your hard work. We also wish to thank all of the visitors that came and enjoyed our event. We hope you will join us at our next event.

 A short drive from Albuquerque and Bernalillo in the Village of Jemez Springs, the Jemez National Historic Landmark is one of the most beautiful sites in the Southwest. It includes the stone remnants of a 700 year old village and the San José de los Jemez church dating to 1621/2. The village of Giusewa was built in the narrow San Diego Canyon by the ancestors of the present-day people of Jemez Pueblo (Walatowa). The name Giusewa refers to the natural springs in the area.

In the 17th century, the Spanish established a Catholic mission at the village. The mission was short-lived, and, in time, the people left the site and moved to the current location of Jemez Pueblo. The massive stonewalls were constructed about the same time the Pilgrims landed at Plymouth Rock. The heritage center contains exhibitions that tell the story of the site through the words of the Jemez people. A 1,400-foot interpretive trail winds through the impressive site ruins.