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Loretto Chapel

Santa Fe, NM

The chapel's famous spiral staircase rises two complete turns without an obvious central support, inspiring decades of engineering discussion and miracle lore. Modern structural explanations exist, but the mystery remains central to the visitor experience.

Filed under folklore: stories a place tells about itself, passed down and still repeated.

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Source: lorettochapel.com

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