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Mission Santa Inés
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Mission Santa Inés was a Spanish mission in present-day Solvang, California, United States, and named after St. Agnes of Rome. Founded on September 17, 1804, by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan
Mission Santa Inés in 2005
Mission Santa Inés in 2005
Joseph John Chapman and his wife Guadalupe Ortega, c. 1847
Joseph John Chapman and his wife Guadalupe Ortega, c. 1847
Francisco García Diego y Moreno, the first Bishop of California, established the first seminary in California at Mission Santa Inés in 1843.
Francisco García Diego y Moreno, the first Bishop of California, established the first seminary in California at Mission Santa Inés in 1843.
Mission Santa Inés in about 1912. The mission's original three-bell campanario, erected in 1817, collapsed in a storm in 1911 and was subsequently rep
Mission Santa Inés in about 1912. The mission's original three-bell campanario, erected in 1817, collapsed in a storm in 1911 and was subsequently replaced by this concrete four-bell version, which also had openings on the side. This tower was replaced in 1948 to restore the original three-niched appearance. It has been compared by architectural historian Rexford Newcomb to the one that originally abutted the façade of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel.
La Purísima Mission
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Mission La Purísima Concepción, or La Purísima Mission is a Spanish mission in Lompoc, California. It was established on December 8, 1787 by the Franciscan order. The original mission complex south of
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…September 17, 1804, by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan order, the mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living north of the Coast Range. Sunset magazine editors wrote…
La Purísima Mission
La Purísima Mission
Ruins of Mission La Purisima Concepcion, ca.1885-1904
Ruins of Mission La Purisima Concepcion, ca.1885-1904
The altar inside La Purísima Mission.
The altar inside La Purísima Mission.
Visitor Center at La Purisima Mission State Historical Park
Visitor Center at La Purisima Mission State Historical Park