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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 ...
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.
The architecture of the California missions was influenced by several factors, those being the limitations in the construction materials that were on hand, an overall lack of skilled labor, and a desire on the part of the founding priests to emulate notable structures in their Spanish homeland. While no two mission complexes are identical, they ...
Eventually, 21 California Missions were established along the California coast from San Diego to San Francisco—about 500 miles (800 km) up the coast. The missions were nearly all located within 30 miles (48 km) of the coast and almost no exploration or settlements were made in the Central Valley or the Sierra Nevada. The only expeditions ...
Romance of the Bells: The California Missions in Art. The Irvine Museum, Irvine, CA. ISBN 0-9635468-5-6. Yenne, Bill (2004). The Missions of California. Advantage Publishers Group, San Diego. ISBN 1-59223-319-8. Young, Stanley & Melba Levick (1988). The Missions of California. Chronicle Books LLC, San Francisco. ISBN 0-8118-3694-0.
Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st, last, and northernmost mission in Alta California. [7] It was named for Saint Francis Solanus. It was the only mission built in Alta California after Mexico gained independence from Spain. The difficulty of its beginning demonstrates the confusion resulting from that change in governance.
The uprising was the first of a dozen similar incidents that took place in Alta California during the Mission Period; however, most rebellions tended to be localized and short-lived due to the Spaniards' superior weaponry (native resistance more often took the form of non-cooperation, desertion, and raids on mission livestock).
Spanish missions in California; List of Spanish missions in California; List of Catholic basilicas; San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct – carried the water about 7 miles (11 km) to serve the mission compound. San Miguel Chapel Site – location of the first outpost and center of operations while the first Mission was being constructed nearby.