Mission San Buenaventura
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Mission San Buenaventura, formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, Cal
The restored chapel at Mission San Buenaventura in July, 2005
Fernando Librado, a Chumash elder and master tomol builder was born at the mission in 1839.
Mission San Buenaventura circa 1900. Note the thickness of the chapel side wall and the massive buttresses supporting it.
Mission courtyard
Mission San Carlos Borromeo del Río Carmelo, first built in 1771, is one of the most authentically restored Spanish missions in California in California. Located at the mouth of the Carmel River in Ca
Light-brown-painted façade of capilla (chapel) and tiled and shortened-restored cemetery wall
"The Mission of St. Carlos near Monterrey" in 1792, from: "A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World" by Captain George Vancouver
Modern retablo inside basilica
Serra's cell, Carmel Mission