Editing Taos Pueblo (section)

==Setting==
The pueblo was constructed in a setting backed by the [[Sangre de Cristo Mountains#Taos Mountains|Taos Mountains]] of the [[Sangre de Cristo Range]]. The settlement was built on either side of [[Rio Pueblo de Taos]], also called Rio Pueblo and Red Willow Creek, a small stream that flows through the middle of the pueblo compound. Its [[headwater]]s come from Blue Lake, or Ba Whyea, in the nearby mountains.<ref>{{Cite web|last=Dzelzitis|first=Roz|date=June 1, 2002|title=Taos Blue Lake|url=https://sacredland.org/taos-blue-lake-united-states/|website=Sacred Land Film Project}}</ref>

Taos Pueblo's most prominent architectural feature is a multi-storied residential complex of reddish-brown [[adobe]], built on either side of the Rio Pueblo. The Pueblo's website states it was probably built between 1000 and 1450.<ref name="taospueblo.com"/>

The pueblo was designated a [[National Historic Landmark]] on October 9, 1960. In 1992 it was designated as a UNESCO Heritage Site. {{As of|2010|post=,}} about 150 people live in the historical pueblo full-time.<ref name="natlgeo"/>