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  2. Mission San Diego de Alcalá - Wikipedia

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    On June 8, 1846, Mission San Diego de Alcalá was given to Santiago Argüello by Governor Pío Pico "for services rendered to the government." [33] After the United States invaded California, the Mission was used by the military from 1846 to 1862. [citation needed] Plaque of Mission San Diego de Alcala

  3. California mission project - Wikipedia

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    The mission project is commonly assigned to California elementary school students in the fourth grade when they are first learning about their state's Spanish missions. Students are assigned one of the 21 Spanish missions in California and have to build a diorama out of common household objects such as popsicle sticks , sugar cubes, papier ...

  4. El Camino Real (California) - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Santa Ysabel Asistencia - Wikipedia

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    The Santa Ysabel Asistencia was founded on September 20, 1818, at Cañada de Santa Ysabel in the mountains east of San Diego (near the village of Elcuanan), as a asistencia or "sub-mission" to Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and to serve as a rest stop for those travelling between San Diego and Sonora. The native population of approximately 450 ...

  6. List of Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    Nonextant. Asistencia of Mission San Gabriel Arcángel. The site is occupied by La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles. Santa Ysabel Asistencia: 1818 Santa Ysabel: Nonextant. Asistencia of Mission San Diego de Alcalá. A new chapel was constructed in 1924.

  7. Architecture of the California missions - Wikipedia

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    The California Missions: A Pictorial History. Menlo Park, CA: Lane Book Company. Mendoza, Rubén G. (2012). "The Liturgy of Light: Solar Geometry and Kinematic Liturgical Iconography in an Early 19th Century California Mission". Boletín: The Journal of the California Mission Studies Association. 28 (1 & 2): 7– 21. Newcomb, Rexford (1973).

  8. Old Mission Dam - Wikipedia

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    Old Mission Dam is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the site of Mission San Diego de Alcalá, in the hills northeast of San Diego. It spans the San Diego River, which was historically a seasonal body of water which dried out in the summer. The dam is built out of stone and cement, and was 220 ft long (67 m), 13 ft wide (4.0 m) at its ...

  9. 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 14 December 2024. 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 ...