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72001352. Mission San Juan Capistrano (originally christened in 1716 as La Misión San José de los Nazonis and located in South Central Texas) was founded in 1731 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order, on the eastern banks of the San Antonio River in present-day San Antonio, Texas. The new settlement (part of a chain of Spanish missions ...
Misión San Juan Capistrano was established in 1716 as Misión San Jose de los Nazonis in East Texas. [7] The mission was renamed and moved in 1731 to San Antonio. Located on Mission Road, San Juan was listed on the National Register on February 23, 1972.
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.
This was the first mission in Texas, founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. In 1731, its friars and converts were moved to the San Antonio River area, and it was renamed ...
Mission San Juan Capistrano. Mission San Juan Capistrano had been known as Mission San José de los Nazonis in East Texas. When the mission was relocated to San Antonio in 1731, it was renamed so as not to cause confusion with Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo. Located 3 miles (5 km) south of Mission San José, San Juan Capistrano served ...
2,068 ha (5,110 acres) The San Antonio Missions are a World Heritage Site located in and near San Antonio, Texas, United States. The World Heritage Site consists of five mission sites, a historic ranch, and related properties. These outposts were established in the early 1700s by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local ...
Mission San Juan Capistrano: St. John of Capistrano: San Juan Capistrano: November 1, 1776: 4 Mission San Gabriel Arcángel: The Archangel Gabriel: San Gabriel: September 8, 1771: 5 Mission San Fernando Rey de España: St. Ferdinand, King of Spain: Los Angeles: September 8, 1797: 6 Mission San Buenaventura: St. Bonaventure: Ventura: March 31 ...
A plan view of the Mission San Juan Capistrano complex (including the footprint of the "Great Stone Church") prepared by architectural historian Rexford Newcomb in 1916. [2] The first priority when beginning a settlement was the location and construction of the church (iglesia).