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[5] [6] The Avila Adobe built in 1818 by Francisco Ávila, still stands today in the heart of historic Olvera Street. In November 1826, Ávila was one of the local notables invited to La Misión del Santo Príncipe El Arcángel, San Gabriel de Los Temblores by Father José Bernardo Sánchez to meet American explorer Jedediah Smith , the first ...
NO. 145 AVILA ADOBE - This adobe house was built ca. 1818 by Don Francisco Avila, alcalde (mayor) of Los Angeles in 1810. Used as Commodore Robert Stockton's headquarters in 1847, it was repaired by private subscription in 1929-30 when Olvera Street was opened as a Mexican marketplace. It is the oldest existing house in Los Angeles.
Avila Beach (Spanish: Ávila) is an unincorporated community in San Luis Obispo County, California, United States, [4] located on San Luis Obispo Bay [5] about 160 miles (257 km) northwest of Los Angeles, and about 200 miles (320 km) south of San Francisco. The population was 1,576 at the 2010 census.
A 3.2 magnitude earthquake shook part of San Luis Obispo County near Diablo Canyon Power Plant on Wednesday.. The earthquake occurred at 12:05 p.m. approximately five miles northwest of Avila ...
Main Menu. News. News. Entertainment. Lighter Side. ... High tide at Port San Luis near Avila Beach even reached 6.5 feet at 9:48 ... Jim Keally of Arizona captures images of big waves Thursday ...
The Garden of Sefarad (Spanish: Jardín de Sefarad) or the Jewish Cemetery of Ávila is a commemorative work of the discovery of a medieval Jewish cemetery in the city of Ávila, Spain. [1] It was built on an old necropolis of the Jewish quarter, whose community buried their dead in this space between the 12th and 15th centuries.
A surfer hits the waves in Avila Beach on Sunday, Dec. 11, 2022, following a powerful storm. A powerful storm brought wind and rain to San Luis Obispo County Saturday, Dec 10. 2022.
Jardines de la Reina (English: Gardens of the Queen) is an archipelago in the southern part of Cuba, in the provinces of Camagüey and Ciego de Ávila. It was named by Christopher Columbus to honour the Queen of Spain, Isabella I of Castile. Since 1996 a marine reserve was established covering a large swath of the archipelago. [2]