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Housing Units (2000): 21
Land area (2000): 0.340277 sq. miles (0.881313 sq. km)
Water area (2000): 0.000000 sq. miles (0.000000 sq. km)
Total area (2000): 0.340277 sq. miles (0.881313 sq. km)
FIPS code: 12786
Located within: New Mexico (NM), FIPS 35
Location: 34.579949 N, 106.746803 W
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Casa Colorada
Wikipedia
Casa Colorada (English: Red House) is a colonial house built located in Santiago, Chile. It was built in 1769, by Joseph de la Vega for Mateo de Toro y Zambrano, and currently houses the Museo de Santiago (English: Museum of Santiago). The house has a clay-tiled roof, balconied windows, and deep-red walls, and consists of two storeys.
Visitors walk through the homes two large patios to get the Museo de Santiago, which occupies five of Casa Colorada's rooms. The museum explores Santiago's history from the Pre-Columbian era to contemporary times.
Casa Colorada is a dacitic volcanic dome complex erupted 17 million years ago. It has a volume of . The complex formed in three stages, involving a tuff ring, lava domes and dacitic lava flows. It is constructed on red beds and a basement of Ordovician age. The main dome is dated 17.3 mya by potassium–argon dating. The main minerals are biotite, hornblende, feldspar and quartz; oxide minerals are also present.