Mission San Rafael Arcángel
Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Rafael, California. It was founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia ("sub-mission") of Mission San Francisco de Asís. It was a hospital to treat sick Native Americans, making it Alta California's first sanitarium. The weather was much better than in San Francisco, which helped the ill get better. It was not intended to be a stand-alone mission, but nevertheless grew and prospered and was granted full mission status on October 19, 1822.
The reconstructed capilla (chapel) of Mission San Rafael Arcángel is to the right of Saint Raphael's Church.
Interior of the capilla (chapel) at Mission San Rafael Arcángel taken in 1974.
San Rafael is a city and the county seat of Marin County, California, United States. The city is located in the North Bay region of the San Francisco Bay Area. As of the 2020 U.S. census, the city's population was 61,271, up from 57,713 in 2010.
Image: San Rafael California Canal Area aerial view (cropped)
Image: Mission San Rafael 2 (cropped)
Image: St. Vincent's Church in Marinwood, CA (cropped) (cropped)
Image: Mission San Rafael Arcángel, San Rafael CA USA panoramio (12) (cropped)
