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This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 10 January 2025. 18th to 19th-century Catholic religious outposts in California For the establishments in modern-day Mexico, see Spanish missions in Baja California. The locations of the 21 Franciscan missions in Alta California. Part of a series on Spanish missions in the Americas of the Catholic Church ...
The mission was founded in 1776, by the Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order. Named for Saint John of Capistrano, a 14th-century theologian and "warrior priest" who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782.
San Juan Capistrano 33°30′10″N 117°39′46″W / 33.50278°N 117.66278°W / 33.50278; -117.66278 ( Mission San Juan Ca The Serra Chapel, built in 1782, is the oldest extant building in California . [ 7 ]
The Spanish missions in California — originally built between 1769 and 1833, with their sites & restored structures in present-day California. Founded in the Spanish colonial Las Californias (1768–1804) and Alta California (1804–1822) provinces, and the Mexican Alta California territory (1822–1848).
San Juan Capistrano: 1806 Church Part of Mission San Juan Capistrano. It was the only mission church incorporating six vaulted domes in its roof structure. [26] Casa de Rancho San Antonio: Bell Gardens: 1810 Residence: Oldest building in Los Angeles County. Private residence. [27] [28] Ruins of Mission Nuestra Señora de la Soledad: Soledad ...
The 1812 San Juan Capistrano earthquake, also known simply as the Capistrano earthquake or the Wrightwood earthquake, [6] occurred on December 8 at 15:00 UTC in Alta California. At the time, this was a colonial territory of the Spanish Empire .
El Camino Real (Spanish; literally The Royal Road, sometimes translated as The King's Highway) is a 600-mile (965-kilometer) commemorative route connecting the 21 Spanish missions in California (formerly the region Alta California in the Spanish Empire), along with a number of sub-missions, four presidios, and three pueblos.
The Orange County Line began on April 30, 1990, as the Orange County Commuter, an Amtrak-operated service between Los Angeles and San Juan Capistrano funded by the Orange County Transportation Authority. [5] [6] The Orange County Commuter made a single weekday round-trip, departing San Juan Capistrano in the morning and returning in the evening ...