Visitas or asistencias were smaller sub-missions of Catholic missions established during the 16th-19th centuries of the Spanish colonization of the Americas and the Philippines. They allowed the Catho
San Antonio de Pala, an asistencia of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, is located in Pala, California
Franciscan missionaries in California
San Gabriel Asistencia site 1847
Ruins of the walls of Mission Santa Margarita, California, ca.1906
La Misión de San Gabriel de Guevavi was founded by Jesuit missionary priests Eusebio Kino and Juan María de Salvatierra in 1691. Subsequent missionaries called it San Rafael and San Miguel, resulting
The ruins of the mission church of Los Santos Ángeles de Guevavi beneath the backdrop of San Cayetano Mountain and the Sierra Santa Rita.