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San Luis Rey (Spanish for "St. Louis the King") is a neighborhood in Oceanside, California. San Luis Rey is along the San Luis Rey River , 4 miles (6.4 km) northeast of downtown Oceanside. San Luis Rey has a post office with ZIP Code 92068, which opened in 1861.
The city of Oceanside sits on the locality on the San Luis Rey River that the Luiseño called Tacayme, which contained the villages of Qée'ish (Keish) and 'ikáymay (Ikamal), in the San Luis Rey Mission area, Wiyóoya (Wiawio) at the mouth of the river, and Wi'áasamay (Wiasamai) and Waxáwmay (Wahaumai) at Guajome. [7]
Antonio Peyrí was the padre in charge of Mission San Luis Rey from 1799 to 1833. The full name of the mission is La Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia (The Mission of Saint Louis, King of France). It was named for King Louis IX of France. [1] [2] Its nickname is "King of the Missions". [3]
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside, California. This mission is architecturally distinctive because of the strong combination of Spanish , Moorish , and Mexican lines exhibited. Although the missions were considered temporary ventures by the Spanish hierarchy , the development of an individual settlement was not simply a matter of ...
In the early 19th century, the area became a cattle ranch for the Spanish Mission San Luis Rey, which is located in the modern-day city of Oceanside. The area was known as Rancho San Jacinto. When the missions were broken up by the Mexican government, the land was given to José Antonio Estudillo in 1842.
The largest city in San Diego's North San Diego County subregion, Oceanside is home to the longest wooden pier on the West Coast and is directly south of Camp Pendleton, the busiest military base in the United States. It is also the home of the Mission San Luis Rey. 30 Garden Grove: 168,234 Orange County
San Antonio de Pala, an asistencia of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, is located in Pala, California In Spanish Florida , visitas were mission stations without a resident missionary. Church buildings at visitas were simple, or sometimes absent. [ 3 ]
Rancho Temescal was a farming outpost of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, one of the 21 Franciscan missions established in California by Spain during the late 18th and early 19th centuries. The Mission was located on the coast where Oceanside, California, is today.