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Mission San Buenaventura (Spanish: Misión San Buenaventura, Ventureño: mitsqanaqanÌ“ [9]), formally known as the Mission Basilica of San Buenaventura, is a Catholic parish and basilica in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. The parish church in the city of Ventura, California, United States, is a Spanish mission founded by the Order of Friars Minor.
Ventura, officially named San Buenaventura (Spanish for "Saint Bonaventure"), [11] is a city in and the county seat of Ventura County, California, United States. It is a coastal city located northwest of Los Angeles .
San Buenaventura de Potano, a 17th-century Spanish mission in Florida San Buenaventura de Guadalquini , a 17th-century Spanish mission in Georgia San Buenaventura River (legend) , a legendary river in the western United States
San Buenaventura (named for St. Bonaventure) is a city in the Mexican state of Chihuahua. It serves as the municipal seat for the Buenaventura Municipality . As of 2010, the municipality had a total population of 6,957, [ 1 ] down from 9,402 as of 2005.
San Buenaventura State Beach is a beach located in Ventura, California. The primary entrance is at 901 Pedro Street, off the 101 Freeway . This beach is adjacent to the 1,700-foot (520 m) Ventura Pier that has a snack bar and restaurant.
On March 31, 1782, the Mission San Buenaventura was founded by Father Serra. [30] It is named after Saint Bonaventure, one of the early intellectual founders of the Franciscan order. The town that grew up around the mission was originally named San Buenaventura (and retains the name officially), it has been known as Ventura since 1891. [31]
San Buenaventura Mission Aqueduct: East end of Vince and Lewis Streets: 8/2/82: Seven-mile long aqueduct built starting in 1792 to supply water to the Mission San Buenaventura and local farms; the aqueduct began at the convergence point of San Antonio Creek and the Ventura River.
Rancho Ex-Mission San Buenaventura was a 48,823-acre (197.58 km 2) Mexican land grant in present-day Ventura County, California given in 1846 by Governor Pío Pico to José de Arnaz. [1]