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The "miraculous" spiral staircase refers to the Loretto Chapel spiral staircase in [[Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]], built without any support or even nails, an which does two full turns to reach 20 feet high to a [[choir]] loft.  Its builder was an unknown visitor to the Chapel around 1880, who worked without pay and apparently used spruce wood not common to the area.
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The "miraculous" spiral staircase refers to the Loretto Chapel spiral staircase in [[Santa Fe]], [[New Mexico]], built without any support or even nails, an which does two full turns to reach 20 feet high to a [[choir]] loft.  Its builder was an unknown visitor to the Chapel around 1880, who worked without pay and apparently used spruce wood not common to the area.
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The account of this spiral staircase is analogous to the [[Epistles to the Hebrews]], which is written in perfect, magnificent [[Greek]] by an unknown author.  Today the spiral staircase is a marvel of carpentry that would exceedingly difficult to match even with the use of modern equipment, let alone with merely pegs and glue by a single carpenter in 1880.
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This spiral staircase is analogous to the [[Epistles to the Hebrews]], which is written in perfect, magnificent [[Greek]] by an unknown author.  Today the spiral staircase is a marvel of carpentry that would exceedingly difficult to match even with the use of modern equipment, let alone with merely pegs and glue by a single carpenter in 1880.
    
This spectacular spiral staircase is a central attraction for visitors to Santa Fe today, and the location of special events such as weddings.
 
This spectacular spiral staircase is a central attraction for visitors to Santa Fe today, and the location of special events such as weddings.
 
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