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  2. Architecture of the California missions - Wikipedia

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    The lack of good-sized timber forced the men to design mission buildings that were long and narrow. For example, the widest inside dimensions of any of the mission buildings (at San Carlos, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) is 29 feet (8.8 m): the narrowest, at Mission Soledad, spans 16.2 feet (4.9 m).

  3. Mission San José (California) - Wikipedia

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    After a devastating measles epidemic that reduced the mission population by one quarter in 1806, people from more distant areas and new language groups began to join the Mission San Jose community. The first such language group was the Yokuts or Yokutsan, whose speakers began to move to Mission San José from the San Joaquin Valley in 1810.

  4. California mission project - Wikipedia

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    The California mission project is an assignment done in California elementary schools, most often in the fourth grade, where students build dioramas of one of the 21 Spanish missions in California. While not being included in the California Common Core educational standards, the project was vastly popular and done throughout the state.

  5. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 22 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 ...

  6. Category:Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    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).

  7. Mission Revival architecture - Wikipedia

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    Mission Revival drew inspiration from the late 18th and early 19th century Spanish missions in California. It is sometimes termed California Mission Revival, particularly when used elsewhere, such as in New Mexico and Texas which have their own unique regional architectural styles. In Australia, the style is known as Spanish Mission. [1]

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  9. Mexican Secularization Act of 1833 - Wikipedia

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    The chapel at Mission San Francisco de Asís, also called Mission Dolores, built in 1791, and the Mission San Juan Capistrano chapel, the oldest building in California still in use, built in 1782. [76] [77] [78] The missions were restored using photos, painting, drawings and remains of building walls and foundations.