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Mission Santa Barbara (Spanish: Misión de Santa Bárbara) is a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California, United States.Often referred to as the 'Queen of the Missions', it was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén for the Franciscan order on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission of what would later become 21 missions in Alta California.
The original mission was destroyed during the 1812 Ventura earthquake. The present mission was completed within 10 years of being rededicated in 1813. [50] Rancho Santa Maria de Los Peñasquitos: San Diego: 1823 Residence [51] Rafael Gonzalez House: Santa Barbara: 1825 Residence [52] Hill–Carrillo Adobe: Santa Barbara: 1825–26 Residence [53]
On December 21, 1812, one of the largest earthquakes in California history completely destroyed the first Mission along with most of Santa Barbara. With an estimated magnitude of 7.2, and a hypothesized epicenter near Santa Cruz Island , the quake also produced a tsunami which carried water all the way to modern-day Anapamu Street, and carried ...
Old Mission Santa Barbara. Though it was founded in 1786, the Old Mission Santa Barbara is still a working mission with Franciscan friars in residence and an active parish and church.
The rebellion began in three of the California Missions in Alta California: Mission Santa Inés, Mission Santa Barbara, and Mission La Purisima, and spread to the surrounding villages. [1] All three missions are located in present-day Santa Barbara County, California. The Chumash revolt was the largest organized resistance movement to occur ...
Today a growing number of people, calling themselves California Mission Walkers, hike the mission trail route, usually in segments between the missions. [5] Walking the trail is a way to connect with the history of the missions. For some it represents a spiritual pilgrimage, inspired by Jesuit priest Richard Roos' 1985 book, Christwalk. [6]
The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library was founded in 1967 as an independent, non-profit educational and research institution. [1] The collection of mission documents in the archive-library remain in situ from the founding of the mission system. [2]
Two years later, construction of the nearby Mission Santa Barbara began in 1786. The pueblo or town of Santa Barbara developed around the Presidio, which offered protection for the residents. [11] The chapel in the Presidio was the primary place of worship for the residents of early Santa Barbara, until its destruction by the 1857 Fort Tejon ...