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  2. Architecture of the California missions - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  3. California mission clash of cultures - Wikipedia

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    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).

  4. Mexican Secularization Act of 1833 - Wikipedia

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    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.

  5. Mission San Rafael Arcángel - Wikipedia

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    By the 1860s, the mission had fallen into severe disrepair, giving the mission the ignoble distinction as the "most obliterated" Spanish mission in California. In 1870, the mission ruins were entirely removed. In 1949, the modern-day replica was built on the grounds of the original hospital, next to the surviving Saint Raphael's Church.

  6. History of California - Wikipedia

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    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 ...

  7. Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo - Wikipedia

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    Mission Carmel (a.k.a.The Carmel Mission) was the second mission built by Franciscan missionaries in Upper California.It was first established as Mission San Carlos Borromeo in Monterey, California near the native village of Tamo on June 3, 1770, by Father Junípero Serra.

  8. Dying To Be Free - The Huffington Post

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    But nobody wants to be a heroin addict. These were individuals who were desperate enough to seek help, who had often languished on long waiting lists to get it or who, if a court had ordered the treatment, faced incarceration if they dropped out. A rigorous study would include every addict who attempts treatment at the facilities in question.

  9. Mission San Diego de Alcalá - Wikipedia

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    From 1778 to 1795, the mission focused on horse and mule breeding, providing other missions in Alta and Baja California an average of 16 animals per year. [19] After it was restored as a Catholic mission, Mission San Diego de Alcalá saw a record number of spiritual results recorded when 567 baptisms were performed, and neophytes numbered 908.