- Mission San Diego de Alcalá
Welcome to Mission San Diego de Alcalá This historic site is an active parish for the Catholic community and a welcoming cultural center for all faiths to visit We invite you to take part in our rich history, attend Mass, and get involved in our events
- San Diego Mission – Explore The Oldest Mission In California
The San Diego Mission, officially known as Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, was founded on July 16, 1769, by a Franciscan monk, Father Junipero Serra This makes Mission San Diego the oldest of the California missions
- The California Missions
Stretching from San Diego to Sonoma, the 21 missions of Alta California are storied reminders of California and our nation's past Few regions of the world have such a physical, visual timeline of a nation's growth and development
- Mission San Diego de Alcalá - Wikipedia
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá, lit The Mission of Saint Didacus of Acalá) was the second Franciscan founded mission in the Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata), a province of New Spain
- Discover the California Missions in San Diego
Between 1769 and 1823, the Spanish built 21 missions in a chain that stretched from San Diego to north of the San Francisco Bay in an attempt to colonize "Alta California" (present day California, Nevada and Utah, and parts of Arizona, Wyoming, Colorado and New Mexico)
- Visiting Mission San Diego de Alcala in San Diego, California (2025 . . .
Nicknamed “Mother of the Missions,” the San Diego Mission is a National Historic Landmark and a California Historical Landmark If you enjoy local history and culture, and gardens, the mission is a must-visit in San Diego The Spaniards sent both soldiers and priests to help expand the Spanish Empire in the New World
- Visit Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcala | California Missions
Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá, the first of the great California missions, marks the origin of Christianity in the American west
- San Diego de Alcalá – California Missions Foundation
The first of the twenty-one California missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá is named after the 15 th -century saint, Didacus of Alcalá, more commonly known as Saint Diego Founded by Father Junipero Serra on July 16, 1769, it is here where the Spanish religious and political dream to begin an Alta California mission chain first became reality
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