Mission Santa Cruz
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Mission Santa Cruz is a replica Spanish Californian mission in Santa Cruz, California. Located on the San Lorenzo River floodplain below what would later be named Mission Hill, the mission was founded
The Mission Santa Cruz chapel replica
Mission Santa Cruz, 1876
Holy Cross Church (c. 1900)
Inside the mission chapel replica
Junípero Serra
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Junípero Serra Ferrer, popularly known simply as Junipero Serra, was a Spanish Catholic priest and missionary of the Franciscan Order. He is credited with establishing the Franciscan Missions in the S
Mission Santa Cruz
…below what would later be named Mission Hill, the mission was founded on August 28, 1791, by Father Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, the successor to Father Junipero Serra. The mission was dedicated that same year but, in the winter rainy season, the river overflowed its banks and flooded the mission compound. The mission…
Engraving published 1787
Serra's birthplace in Petra on the island of Mallorca, in the Balearic Islands
Memorial to Serra's baptism at the Church of Sant Pere de Petra
Monument to Serra in Palma de Mallorca