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Main Entrance, Saint Francis Cathedral, Santa Fe, NM

Keystone above the main entrance of the Cathedral Basilica of Saint Francis of Assisi, featuring the name of God in Hebrew (Yahweh) carved in it. There's a story that Abraham Staab, a wealthy Jewish merchant in Santa Fe, lent Archbishop Lamy money to finish the Cathedral. In appreciation, Lamy put the Hebrew inscription above the entrance to the cathedral.

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Uploaded on December 3, 2012
Taken on March 7, 2012