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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 ...
Mission San Antonio de Padua is a Spanish mission established by the Franciscan order in present-day Monterey County, California, near the present-day town of Jolon.Founded on July 14, 1771, it was the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra.
The original site considered by Juan Crespí in 1772 for what was to become Mission San José was in what is today known as the San Ramon Valley.However, the Native Americans living in that area were very hostile towards the Spanish, so it was decided to locate the Mission farther south, in an area that is now part of Fremont, California.
Today, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a working mission, cared for by the people who belong to the parish, with ongoing restoration projects. Mission San Luis Rey has a Museum, Visitors' Center, Retreat Center, [ 26 ] gardens with the historic Pepper Tree, and the original small cemetery.
Mission Carmel (a.k.a.The Carmel Mission) was the second mission built by Franciscan missionaries in Upper California.It was first established as Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey, California near the native village of Tamo on June 3, 1770, by Father Junípero Serra.
Pala Mission was part of the Spanish missions, asistencias, and estancias system in Las Californias—Alta California. Today it is located in the Pala Indian Reservation located in northern San Diego County , with the official name of Mission San Antonio de Pala .
Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynez) 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 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 ...
Today, La Purísima Mission is the only example in California of a complete mission complex. As of 2011 it was considered to be the most completely restored Spanish mission in California. [20] Ten of the original buildings are fully restored and furnished, including the church, shops, quarters, and blacksmith shop.