Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is a Californian mission and historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. It was founded by the Spanish Empire on the Nativity of Mary September 8, 1771, as the fourth of
A view of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel in April 2005. The open stairway at the far right leads to the choir loft, and to the left is the six-bell campanario ("bell wall") that was built after the original bell structure, located at the far end of the church, toppled during the 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake.
The belfry of Mission San Gabriel, 1905
A streetcar of the Pacific Electric Railway makes a stop at Mission San Gabriel Arcángel c. 1905.
El Camino Real is a 600-mile commemorative route connecting the 21 Spanish missions in California from Mission San Diego de Alcalá in San Diego to Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, along with a
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
…of the village for their return. However, the chief refused. Mission San Gabriel Arcángel c. 1900. The trail in the foreground is part of the original El Camino Real. Although San Gabriel once furnished food and supplies to settlements and other missions throughout California, a majority of the Mission structures…
East entrance of San Gabriel Mission with an El Camino Real bell
El Camino Real and Couts Path, drawn in 1850 by Cave J. Couts.
A historical marker situated along El Camino Real
One of the commemorative bells, placed at El Pueblo de Los Ángeles Historical Monument with wayfinding markers to Mission San Fernando and Mission San Gabriel