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January 5, 1984 (316 E. Commerce St. San Antonio: Part of San Antonio Downtown and River Walk Historic District 3: Alamo National Bank Building: Alamo National Bank Building
Bexar County (/ b ɛər / BAIR or / ˈ b eɪ ər / ⓘ BAY-ər; Spanish: Béxar) [1] [2] is a county in the U.S. state of Texas.It is in South Texas and its county seat is San Antonio. [3]As of the 2020 census, the population was 2,009,324, making it the state's fourth-most populous county.
San Antonio (/ ˌ s æ n æ n ˈ t oʊ n i oʊ / SAN an-TOH-nee-oh; Spanish for "Saint Anthony") is a city in the U.S. state of Texas and the most populous city in Greater San Antonio, the third-largest metropolitan area in Texas and the 24th-largest metropolitan area in the United States at 2.6 million people in the 2020 U.S. census. [12]
Bexar is an unincorporated community in Bexar County, in the U.S. state of Texas. [1] It is located within the Greater San Antonio metropolitan area. Education
The Spanish Governor's Palace is a historic adobe from the Spanish Texas period located in Downtown San Antonio.. It is the last visible trace of the 18th-century colonial Presidio San Antonio de Béxar complex, and the only remaining example in Texas of an aristocratic 18th-century Spanish Colonial in−town residence. [4]
The Bexar County Courthouse is a historic building in downtown San Antonio, Texas, United States. The building was designed by architect James Riely Gordon, and borders Main Plaza, along with such other architectural landmarks as the Cathedral of San Fernando. The style is Romanesque Revival, and the main material used is red sandstone. Ground ...
The siege of Béxar (or Béjar) was an early campaign of the Texas Revolution in which a volunteer Texian army defeated Mexican forces at San Antonio de Béxar (now San Antonio, Texas). Texians had become disillusioned with the Mexican government as President and General Antonio López de Santa Anna 's tenure became increasingly dictatorial.
Fray Antonio de Olivares also built the Presidio San Antonio de Béxar, on the west side of the San Antonio River, approximately 1 mile from the mission. [4] It was designed to protect the system of missions and civilian settlements in central Texas and to ensure Spanish claims in the region against possible encroachment from other European powers.