West Front
- Keystone
The keystone in the arch above the main entrance contains a triangle with the Tetragrammaton in Hebrew carved in it. An "old story" suggests that this was Fr. Lamy's way of thanking various local Jewish merchants for their financial contributions towards the building of the cathedral.
- Bronze doors
During the restoration of 1986, new doors were created, each with ten bronze panels that portrayevents in the history of the church in Santa Fe. Donna Quastoff was the commissioned sculptor.
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