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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 .
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 4 February 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 Mission San Francisco de Asís (Spanish: Misión San Francisco de Asís), also known as Mission Dolores, is a historic Catholic church complex in San Francisco, California. Operated by the Archdiocese of San Francisco, the complex was founded in the 18th century by Spanish Catholic missionaries. The mission contains two historic buildings:
Spanish explorers arrived on California's coasts as early as the mid-16th century. In 1769, the first Spanish Franciscan mission was built in San Diego.Local tribes were relocated and conscripted into forced labor on the mission, stretching from San Diego to San Francisco.
A reconstruction of the original mission was completed in 1949, which served as a parish church and museum. Mission San Francisco de Asís: 1776 San Francisco: Also known as Mission Dolores. Serves as a parish church. Mission San José: 1797
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 Mission Dolores mural is an 18th-century work of art in the Mission San Francisco de Asís, the oldest surviving structure in San Francisco. In 1791, the Ohlone people , Native Americans of the San Francisco Bay and laborers for the church, painted the mural on the focal wall of the sanctuary.
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