The 21 California missions, listed in the order they were founded, are: 1. (1769) Mission San Diego de Alcalá 2. (1770) Mission San Carlos ...
Note: In 1780 two Missions more correctly associated with the Sonoran chain of Missions were founded in California. Saint Serra did not found or ...
CALIFORNIA'S MISSIONS and FOUNDING DATES. San Diego de Alcalá (at San Diego), July 16, 1769. San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (at Carmel) ...
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... order of the Spanish king, sea and land expeditions departed Mexico for California, meeting in San Diego where the first fort and mission were established to ...
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The Spanish missions in California comprise a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of ...
Starting in 1769, Spain built a chain of 21 missions across the length of Alta California—from San Diego to Sonoma—as a way of gaining a foothold in the new ...
List of missions in geographical order, north to south ...
Founded in 1771 by Junipero Serra, this fortress-like structure with five-foot thick walls ...
Often called the “father of the California Missions,” Junípero Serra did more than any other man to advance the Catholic church and beliefs in California. He was ...