Category Archives: California Missions

MISSION SAN JUAN BAUTISTA

San Juan Bautista, which includes buildings and features dating to as early as 1797, boasts an historic central plaza which anchors the former cuartel or Soldiers Barracks (1814) converted into the...

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MISSION SAN MIGUEL ARCÁNGEL

San Miguel Arcángel, founded on the 25th of July, 1797, retains much of its original historic fabric, including the spectacular and brilliant fresco murals painted by the Salinan Indian peoples of...

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MISSION SAN ANTONIO DE PADUA

San Antonio de Padua, founded on the 14th of July, 1771, is nestled in the Santa Lucia Mountains on the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, and as such, constitutes one of...

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MISSION SAN CARLOS BORROMEO

San Carlos Borromeo, formerly San Carlos de Monterey, was originally founded by Father Junípero Serra at Monterey on the 3rd of June, 1770, and the mission proper was subsequently moved to...

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