Sky City

This picture of Sky City was taken from theCultural Center. Sky City looms 370 feet above the desert floor. The history of the Acoma people and the Pueble reaches back to as early as 1100 A.D. You can see the buildings on top of the Mesa. There are over 300 structures made of adobe and white sand stones. Most of the Acoma people don't live at Sky City full time, they return for special and various cultural occasions to celebrate at their ancestral homes. Our guide told us that he lives there along with about 20 other people full time. They do not have any of the creature comforts we take for granted. No running water, no indoor plumbing, no electricity. The road to the top was not built until 1953.