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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Founded on 3 June of 1770, the Real Presidio de San Carlos de Monterey or the Royal Presidio of Monterey was named for the 16th century Bishop of Milan, Saint...
Monterey was both the crossroads and epicenter of early Spanish colonial exploration in California and the West, and was recently the focus of a multimillion dollar historic preservation campaign that saw...