Mission San Rafael Arcángel is a Spanish mission in San Rafael, California.
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.
The Spanish missions in California formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California. The missions were established by
Mission San Rafael Arcángel
…Spanish: La Misión del Gloriosísimo Príncipe San Rafael, Arcángel, lit. 'The Mission of the Most Glorious Prince, Archangel Saint Raphael') is a Spanish mission in San Rafael, California. The original mission was founded in 1817 as an asistencia of Mission San Francisco de Asís to serve as a hospital to treat…
A view of Mission San Juan Capistrano. At left is the façade of the first adobe church with its added espadaña; behind the campanario, or "bell wall" is the "Sacred Garden". The Mission has earned a reputation as the "Loveliest of the Franciscan Ruins".
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, circa 1910. This mission is architecturally distinctive because of the strong Moorish lines exhibited.
The Missionaries as They Came and Went. Franciscans of the California missions donned gray habits, in contrast to the brown that is typically worn today.
A drawing of Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo prepared by Captain George Vancouver depicts the grounds as they appeared in November 1792. From A Voyage of Discovery to the North Pacific Ocean and Round the World.