Available from blm new mexico public lands information center, 1474 rodeo road, santa fe, nm 875020115 5054387542. Discover the rich history of hardships, conquests, and enchanting tales of this historic trail. It was the northernmost of the four major royal roads that linked mexico city to its major tributaries during and after the spanish colonial era. Included are maps, commentary and narrative accounts collected from a variety of sources. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing world heritage sites lying along a 1400 km section of this 2600 km route, that extends north from mexico city to texas and new mexico, united states of america.
From there, the trail continued roughly 1,000 miles south to mexico city. After 1846 the americans developed their own military system of posts along the trail. There are menu options at the top right and top left of the map viewer. However, the trail was extended south from the paraje river crossing in the 1850s to connect the towns to the trail. A paraje can be a town, a village, a pueblo, or simply a good location for stopping. Linking spains colonial capital at mexico city to its northern frontier in distant new mexico, the route spans three centuries, two countries, and 1,600 miles. Cartas quarterly journal is now digital, view chronicles of the trail online free with back issues from 2007, also seeking qualified camino real writers. Reliable information about the coronavirus covid19 is available from the world health organization current situation, international travel. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing world heritage sites lying along a. The inscribed property consists of 55 sites and five existing world heritage sites lying along a 1400 km section of this 2600. This spanish colonial royal road in new mexico and texas originally extended to mexico city, mexico. The size of each town varied over the years from 100 people to several hundred.
It was part of spains camino real intercontinental a global network of roads and maritime routes. It was the northernmost of the four major royal roads that linked mexico city to its major tributaries during. Royal road of the interior land was an historic 2,560kilometrelong 1,590 mi trade route between mexico city and san juan pueblo ohkay owingeh, new mexico, usa, from 1598 to 1882. The act establishing the national historic trail directs the u. Also plenty of historical vignettes and photos supply todays traveler with enough background information to make a very informed trip. Please note that given the exceptional circumstances related to the coronavirus covid19 pandemic, regular mail sent to the world heritage centre in paris.
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