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Mission San Rafael Arcángel (Spanish: La Misión del Gloriosísimo Príncipe San Rafael, Arcángel, lit. The Mission of the Glorious Prince, Archangel Saint Raphael) is a replica Spanish mission in San Rafael, California. The original mission was founded in 1817 as a medical asistencia ("sub-mission") of Mission San Francisco de Asís.
Originally planned as an asistencia of Mission San Rafael Arcángel. Serves as a museum. Mission San Rafael Arcángel: 1817 San Rafael: Nonextant. Originally planned as the third asistencia of Mission San Francisco de Asís.
Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial province of Alta California by three priests—Father Narciso Durán from Mission San José, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Luis Gíl y Taboada from La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles—on December 14, 1817, four years before Mexico gained independence from Spain.
[citation needed] Mission San Rafael Arcángel was founded in what is now downtown San Rafael as the 20th Spanish mission in the colonial Mexican province of Alta California by four priests, Father Narciso Duran from Mission San Jose, Father Abella from Mission San Francisco de Asís, Father Gil y Taboada and Father Mariano Payeras, the ...
English: Church of the Mission San Rafael Arcángel in San Rafael, Marin County, California. ... San Rafael; United States; Contact information: frank ...
For example, the widest inside dimensions of any of the mission buildings (at San Carlos, Santa Clara, and Santa Cruz) is 29 feet (8.8 m): the narrowest, at Mission Soledad, spans 16.2 feet (4.9 m). The longest structure, at Mission Santa Barbara , stretches 162.5 feet (49.5 m). [ 12 ]
Pages in category "Buildings and structures in San Rafael, California" The following 18 pages are in this category, out of 18 total. This list may not reflect recent changes .
Corporal Verdugo's grant consisted of eight square leagues (36,402 acres (147.31 km 2)) of land stretching roughly from the Arroyo Seco in present-day Pasadena to the Mission San Fernando. In 1798 he retired from the army to become a full-time rancher, and title to his property was established by Spanish Governor Diego de Borica. [4]