Portola Valley, California
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Portola Valley is an affluent town in San Mateo County, California, United States. As of the 2020 census, the town had a population of 4,456. Located on the San Francisco Peninsula in the Bay Area, th
Our Lady of the Wayside Church
Portola Valley is named after Gaspar de Portolá, first Governor of the Californias and leader of the Portolá expedition.
The historic Mission Revival style Portola Valley School, built 1909.
The historic Casa de Tableta, built by Californio entrepreneur Félix Buelna in 1851, now named Rossotti's Alpine Inn.
Gaspar de Portolá
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Don Gaspar de Portolá y Rovira was a Spanish Army officer and colonial administrator who served as the first governor of the Californias from 1767 to 1770. Born in Catalonia into an aristocratic famil
Portola Valley, California
…Peninsula in the Bay Area, the community is nestled on the eastern slopes of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Portola Valley was named for Spanish explorer Gaspar de Portolá, who led the first party of Europeans to explore the San Francisco Peninsula in 1769. The Native Americans already present were Ohlone and specifically…
Monument to Portolá in Balaguer, Catalonia.
Portolá expedition monument in Pacifica, California honoring Portolá's first sighting of San Francisco Bay.
Monument to Portolá in Sant Esteve de la Sarga, Catalonia.