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Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá, lit. The Mission of Saint Didacus of Acalá ) was the second Franciscan founded mission in the Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata ), a province of New Spain .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 24 February 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 ...
Asistencia of Mission San Diego de Alcalá. A new chapel was constructed in 1924. Serves as a parish church and museum. San Antonio de Pala Asistencia: 1816 Pala Indian Reservation: Asistencia of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia. The chapel serves as a parish church and museum.
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.
Los Angeles: 1850: original: The city of Los Angeles, derived from the original Spanish name El Pueblo de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles del Río de Porciúncula ("The Village of Our Lady, the Queen of the Angels of the River of Porziuncola") Charter 9,663,345: 4,060 sq mi (10,515 km 2) Madera County: 039: Madera: 1893: Fresno
San Diego: 1821 Residence Oldest residence in San Diego. [45] Mission San Miguel Arcángel: San Miguel: 1821 Church The original church burned down in 1806 and was rebuilt out of adobe from 1816 to 1821. [46] Convento Building: Los Angeles: 1822 Convent: The adobe convent is the only original building left of Mission San Fernando Rey de España ...
El Presidio Real de San Diego (Royal Presidio of San Diego) is a historic fort in San Diego, California. It was established on May 14, 1769, by Gaspar de Portolá , leader of the first European land exploration of Alta California —at that time an unexplored northwestern frontier area of New Spain .
San Gabriel (Spanish for "St. Gabriel") is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census , the population was 39,718. San Gabriel was founded by the Spanish in 1771, when Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was established by Saint Junípero Serra .