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  Mission San Juan Capistrano - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The seventh in the California mission chain, its namesake was 15th century theologian and "warrior priest" Saint John of Capestrano, in the Abruzzi region of Italy.
San Juan Capistrano was officially designated as a secular Mexican pueblo in 1841, at which time those few who still resided at the Mission were granted sections of land to use as their own.
The Mission's location near two rivers made it an ideal location for the swallows to nest, as there was a constant supply of the insects on which they feed, and the young birds are well-protected inside the ruins of the old stone church.
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  Mission San Antonio de Pala - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mission San Antonio de Pala (or Pala Asistencia) was founded on June 13, 1816 in what is today the Pala Indian Reservation located in eastern San Diego County (some twenty miles inland) as an asistencia ("sub-mission") to Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
Once Mission San Luis Rey began to prosper, its existence attracted the attention of large number of mountain Indians, the dubbed the Luiseños by the Spanish.
Pala is unique among all of the Franciscan missions in that it boasts the only freestanding campanario, or "bell wall," in all of Alta California.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mission_San_Antonio_de_Pala   (360 words)

  
 San Antonio de Pala, San Diego county, California  -  Travel Photos by Galen R Frysinger, Sheboygan, Wisconsin
Pala is made peculiarly interesting as the present home of the evicted Palatingwa (Hot Springs) Indians of Warner's Ranch.
Though all the original Indians were ousted long ago from their lands at Pala, those who lived anywhere within a dozen or a score miles still took great interest in the old buildings, the decorations of the church, and the statues of the saints.
He, however, was of an alien race, and unfamiliar with either the history of the chapel, its memories, or the feelings of the Indians; and to their intense indignation, they found that without consulting them, or his own superiors, he had destroyed all the interior decorations by covering them with a coating of whitewash.
www.galenfrysinger.com /san_antonio_de_pala_san_diego_ca.htm   (470 words)

  
 Mission San Luis Rey - LetsGoSeeIt.com
Father Antonio Peyri was put in charge of Mission San Luis Rey, from the day of its founding on June13th, 1798 until his departure in January 1832.
However, Mission San Luis Rey came under the control of various secular administrators, several of whom managed to gain title to large portions of former mission land and thousands of cattle and sheep, leaving nothing to the Luisenos.
Mission San Luis Rey is located in the city of Oceanside at 4050 Mission Ave.
www.letsgoseeit.com /index/county/sd/oceanside/loc01/mission_slr.htm   (930 words)

  
 Destinations: Unique, living mission
On California’s coast from San Diego to Sonoma, mission churches bear witness to the Spanish conquest of Alta California in the late 18th and early 19th centuries.
The bells of San Antonio de Pala still ring today as a summons to Mass, to notify people of a death in the community or of an emergency, as well as for weddings and funerals.
The theory of the missions was that the land was held in trust for the neophytes until they were able to maintain the operation of the mission on their own.
www.natcath.com /NCR_Online/archives/102000/102000r.htm   (1641 words)

  
 California Mission History: San Diego de Alcalá
Eventually the mission was moved six miles inland to separate mission and presidio.
During the next 54 years the Spanish padres established a chain of 21 missions to the California Indians which stretched along the coast for 600 miles from San Diego to Sonoma, north of San Francisco Bay.
Originally the San Diego Mission and the Spanish presidio, or fort, were located on the hill above Old Town San Diego, but the mission was soon moved to its present location five miles up the San Diego River.
www.californiamissions.com /cahistory/sandiego.html   (414 words)

  
 Second look at missions / Rebirth a constant theme throughout the chain, as seen in book's new edition   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Mission San Miguel Arcángel in San Luis Obispo County is the latest to begin anew the process of rebirth.
San Antonio de Padua, a remote enclave on Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reserve in southern Monterey County, was founded in 1771 and in need of complete restoration a century later.
San Antonio de Pala, in northern San Diego County, is technically not a mission but a "sub-mission," or asistencia, of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
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 San Antonio Mission - Pala   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Mission San Antonio de Pala, founded by Father Antonio Peyri OFM on June 13th, 1816, is the only one of the original Spanish California Missions to survive in its purpose of service to Native Americans.
The Mission at Pala was built as an 'asistencia' to the larger Mission San Luis Rey - west of Pala.
The old cemetery, the Mission Courtyard garden, and shrines have the strong appeal of peace and meditation and are reminiscent of the past.
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 Corona | PE.com | Southern California News | News for Inland Southern California
From San Diego to Sonoma, two centuries of sun, wind, rain and neglect have taken a toll on the adobe, wood and tile of California's signature landmarks.
Mission San Luis, Rey de Francia, in Oceanside was founded in 1798 and is in need of many repairs.
He said mission repair is the responsibility of the church and the 5.5 million tourists who visit the missions each year.
www.pe.com /localnews/corona/stories/PE_News_Local_missions12.10137.html   (1006 words)

  
 Blog by-the-Sea: North San Diego County, Its Mission and Its Mission Days
The mission (which is now home to a large, modern Catholic congregation and a popular retreat center, as well as a point of historic interest) is celebrating the day with wine tasting in the mission's rose garden.
In 1810, the mission built a granary in “Rancho de Paula.” By 1816, a village had formed there, and the Franciscans built the Mission San Antonio de Pala, named for St. Antonio of Padua, 30 miles east of the primary Mission San Luis Rey.
Although the Pala mission was among the smallest in California and was operated under the Mission San Luis Rey, it is the only one of the missions that is still serving its original purpose.
blog-by-the-sea.typepad.com /blog_bythesea/2006/06/north_san_diego.html   (2794 words)

  
 The little mission that could still bears witness (printable version)
PALA, Calif. — One of the smallest and least known of the California missions is still serving its original purpose.
Early Mission San Luis Rey records note that a granary was built in 1810 in “Rancho de Paula.” By 1816, it had become so successful that a town started to take shape and the Franciscan fathers founded a mission named in honor of Saint Anthony of Padua.
In 1827, at the peak of its prosperity, the quadrangle-shaped mission consisted of a church, dwellings, granaries and fields of wheat, corn and various types of beans.
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 San Antonio de Pala Asistencia
San Antonio de Pala was a sub-mission of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.
Pala, along with Mission San Luis Rey, was sold to Jose A. Cot and Jose A. Pico.
Fortunately, Pala was located away from the main lines of travel at the time so the Indians were able to keep the chapel and some of the grounds in repair.
missiontour.org /sanluisrey/asistencia.htm   (915 words)

  
 California Missions   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Mission San Buenaventura was the ninth mission founded and the last to be dedicated by Father Serra.
Mission San Fernando Rey de España, San Fernando
Mission San Juan Capistrano, known as the "Jewel of the Missions," was founded in November 1776.
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 Mission San Jose
The missions were founded to secure Spain's claim to this land and to teach the native people the Spanish way of life and Christianity.
In 1833, Mission San Jose was one of the most prosperous of all the California missions.
Three of the original mission bells were transferred from the destroyed adobe church to the wooden church of 1869, where they hung until the 1970s.
www.u-s-history.com /pages/h3400.html   (808 words)

  
 San Luis Rey de Francia   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
Nicknamed "King of the missions", Mission San Luis Rey was the largest and most populous of all the California missions.
The mission's open-air laundry was also located in the sunken garden where water flowed from the mouth of a stone gargoyle.
Though the mission was returned to the Church in 1865, it was mostly ignored until 1893, when it was rededicated.
missions.bgmm.com /sluisrey.htm   (509 words)

  
 San Buenaventura Mission
San Buenaventura Mission, based in Ventura, California, is an active Catholic parish in the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
The mission was planned to be the third in a series of 21 Christian outposts to be founded by Serra, but the mission became the ninth and final founded by the revered figure.
San Miguel had most excellent prospects, for it was located in a flat and fertile area near the juncture of two rivers, the Nacimiento and the Salinas.
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 Kenneth A. Larson - Mission San Luis Rey de Francia - Photo Gallery
Mission San Luis Rey is referred to as the King of the Missions because of it's size, the mission was the largest building in California.
An asistencia mission was an extension or sub-mission and Mission San Antonio de Pala was one of two extension missions in the San Diego District.
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is located near the cities of San Luis Rey, Oceanside, and Carlsbad, on State Highway 76, about five miles east of I-5.
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 Mission San Antonio de Padua - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Mission San Antonio de Padua was founded on July 14, 1771, the third mission founded in Alta California by Father Presidente Junípero Serra.
Historians consider the Mission's pastoral location in the valley of the San Antonio River along the Santa Lucia Mountains as an outstanding example of early mission life.
The Mission is surrounded by the Fort Hunter Liggett Military Reservation, which was acquired by the U.S. Army from the Hearst family during World War II to train troops.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Mission_San_Antonio_de_Padua   (453 words)

  
 Fine Art - Kesign Design Consulting
He is currently engaged in a pilgrimage to visit all 21 Mission in California and then will begin visiting other missions in the US Southwest.
Mission San Diego, Digitally styalized - enlarged section.
Mission San Fernando, Digitally styalized - enlarged section.
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 San Diego Missions
Many San Diegans remember late ruins of that Presidio chapel which stood very close to the site of the first mission building, which was described as facing the bay, its door (a piece of cloth) invitingly left open so that neighboring Indians might enter, perhaps, and receive a welcome to godliness and civilized living.
The next morning Mission San Diego was re-established on Presidio Hill in a jacal of tule, poorly constructed, formerly a warehouse.
The third California battle took place at Mission San Diego at Nipaguay Nov. 5, 1775, when a corporal, three soldiers, a carpenter, a flsmith, a priest and two boys defended their lives, though by daybreak all the mission shacks had vanished.
www.sandiegohistory.org /collections/missions   (1269 words)

  
 Mission San Antonio De Padua
The Indians at San Antonio were extremely helpful in the establishment of the mission.
Like most California missions, the Mission San Antonio De Padua supported itself and the Native inhabitants of the area by growing crops of wheat and corn.
Today, the mission San Antonio De Padua is one of the few that remains isolated from a city.
www.classbrain.com /artmission/publish/mission_san_antonio_de_padua.shtml   (431 words)

  
 Pala. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America. 2000
village, San Diego co., S Calif., in Pala Indian Reservation, 21 mi/34 km NE of Oceanside; 09°22'N 14°54'E. Here are restored bldgs.
of Mission San Antonio de Pala, founded 1816 as an asistencia of Mission San Luis Rey.
Mission Indian Reservation to E. The Columbia Gazetteer of North America.
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 Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
The mission is in the shape of a cross and the interior has double-dome wooden construction.
San Antonio de Pala is an asistencia to this mission.
The mission is in San Luis Rey, four miles East of Interstate 5 along California 76.
missiontour.org /sanluisrey/index.htm   (306 words)

  
 San Diego Vacation   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
San Diego became California’s first Spanish settlement in 1769 when a mission and fort were established.
San Luis Rey is a 204-year-old landmark known as the “King of Missions.” It is the largest working mission in California and is a remnant of life of the Padres and Indians who lived in the mission well over a century ago.
Other missions in the area worth visiting are Mission San Antonio de Pala, which is the last of the missions still serving Native Americans, and Santa Ysabel Mission.
www.worldtravelers.org /san_diego.asp   (1324 words)

  
 243 PALA MISSION
San Antonio de Pala is the only one of the Franciscan outposts of Spanish Californiastill a mission to the Indians.
Pala began as a rancho of San Luis Rey, but in 1816 the chapel was commenced.Until that time services had been held for the Indians in a brush ramada.
Nevermore than an asistencia, or sub-station, of San Luis Rey, Pala was served byFranciscans sent from that mission.
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 San Diego Missions
During what may be called the beginning of the Mexican era two mission asistencias were built in the San Diego district.
Twenty miles inland from Mission San Luis Rey the sub-station San Antonio de Pala was founded probably on June 13, 1816.
The adobe chapel that has since served the Indians at this beautiful spot was originally 144 by 27 feet, the interior walls being rudely decorated by native artists.
www.sandiegohistory.org /collections/missions/pala.htm   (265 words)

  
 Mission Links
History of the mission, links to related sites and information about the mission cemetery, the retreat center and its calendar, the mission museum and the gift shop.
The California Missions Foundation is dedicated to the preservation, protection, and maintenance of the California Missions to ensure that their historical legacy is kept alive for future generations.
Historic photos from 1895-1945 of all the missions from the collection of the UC Riverside Museum of Photography accompanied by an historical essay, fact sheet on each of the photographers, and a clickable map.
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 See You In San Diego - brought to you by the San Diego Convention & Visitors Bureau   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-17)
The city of San Diego lies in the southwest corner of California, 120 miles (193 km) south of the city of Los Angeles and 20 miles (32 km) north of Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico.
San Miguel it remained until Sebastian Vizcaino sailed into the bay on November 10th 1602 and renamed it San Diego for San Diego de Alcala (St. Didicus).
San Diego's Spanish heritage is preserved in its four beautiful missions: Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala in Mission Valley, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside, Mission San Antonio de Pala, near Palomar, and Mission Santa Ysabel near Julian.
www.seeyouinsandiego.com /faq.asp?cid=10   (339 words)

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