I hadn't known this was still in situ: it's the Settlers' Monument, topped by a statue of Mary La Conquistadora, "celebrating" the occupation of New Mexico by Spanish settlers 400+ years ago (from 1598, to be exact). Erected in 2003, positioned outside the Cathedral - I'd had the impression it had been taken into safe keeping, or boarded up, or something at around the time that the obelisk was toppled in the fall, but it's still going strong - not looking at all like a C21st artifact.
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