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Taos Puebo outside Taos, New Mexico, is considered to be the oldest continuously community in the United States of America. The buildings are actually many individual houses built side by side and in layers of no common walls or connecting doorways. The building are built entirely of adobe and are believe to be well over 1,000 years old. At one time the only entry in the homes was be ladder through an opening in the rooftops. The roofs are supported by large timbers, or vigas. The roof is then compacted wih earth.

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Uploaded on July 5, 2009
Taken on June 7, 2009