Las Trampas or just Trampas (Spanish: "traps"), is a small unincorporated town in Taos County, New Mexico. Founded in 1751, its center retains the original early Spanish colonial defensive layout from that time, as well as the 18th-century San José de Gracia Church, one of the finest surviving examples of Spanish Colonial church architecture in the United States. It was built between 1760 and 1776. The village center was designated a National Historic Landmark District (the Las Trampas Historic District) in 1967. The village remained largely isolated, except for travelers on the mountain road, until the 1920s. Wikipedia