- 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
- Visiting the 21 California Missions (2025 Guide + Map!)
We’ve described the missions in order from south to north in this article, in the event you are planning a road trip to cover them all Most of the missions are located close to lodging and dining, and fit well into a broader California coast road trip itinerary
- 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)
- San Diego de Alcalá – California Missions Foundation
1 st Mission in Alta California Named for St Diego of Alcala Original Indians, linguistically related to the Yuman Indians of AZ 1774 – drought forced the fathers to move the mission inland A year later, Indians attacked burnt it down Casa del Padre Serra (built in 1774) – his bedroom is the only one to survive American military occupation from 1846 until President Lincoln returned it
- About 1 — Mission San Diego History
The first of a chain of 21 missions that stretch northward along the coast of California, Mission San Diego became known as the Mother of the Missions In 1775, just one year after the first adobe church was completed, the mission was raided by Indians and an open fire ensued and the mission suffered substantial damage
- The California Missions Trail - California State Parks
From their humble, thatch-roofed beginnings to the stately adobes we see today, the missions represent a dynamic chapter of California's past By the time the last mission was built in 1823, the Golden State had grown from an untamed wilderness to a thriving agricultural frontier on the verge of American statehood
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