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
Rumsen people
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The Rumsen are one of eight groups of the Ohlone, an Indigenous people of California. Their historical territory included coastal and inland areas within what is now Monterey County, California, inclu
Omesia Teyoc, a Rumsen woman born and baptized at Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
Rumsen individuals lined up at Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
Graves of the Rumsen who died at Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
Photo of Rumsen Ohlone ceremonial basket weaved by Ohlone scholar and basket weaver Linda Yamane, commissioned by the Oakland Museum of California.