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Mission Espada on the Mission Trail National Historic Park in San Antonio, Texas. Its original name was San Francisco de los Tejas.
It was relocated and renamed San Francisco de la Espada in 1731. This is one of five missions located on the Mission Trail National Park. They are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Mission Alamo is probably the best known one. #NPS #SanAntonio #MissionEspada #MissionTrailNationalHistoricPark #SanAntonioMissionTrail #UNESCO
Mission Espada was established by Franciscans in 1690 by Spain in east Texas. After devastating losses from epidemics and threats of hostile attacks, the mission relocated in 1731 to present-day San Antonio, Texas, in what was then known as northern New Spain. The purpose of the mission was to convert local Native Americans to Christianity and to solidify Spanish territorial claims in the New World. Today, the structure is one of four missions that comprise San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
To grow food for the residents, the mission needed access to water, but the climate around San Antonio is quite arid. After the move to San Antonio in 1731, work began right away to divert water from the San Antonio River. The work, completed in 1745, included a dam and acequia (aqueduct) eventually irrigating 3,500 acres (14 square km) of land. The acequia still carries water today.
In 2015, along with The Alamo, Mission Espada became one of five missions along the San Antonio River designated a World Heritage Site by the United Nations Education, Scientific and Cultural Organization.
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The opinions of scholars disagree as to the origin of Mission Espada’s irregularly arched doorway design. Is it Moorish? Why do some of the stones seem to be misaligned?
Mission Espada is one of four missions that comprise San Antonio Missions National Historical Park in Texas.
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Mission de Espada is one of the missions on The Mission Trail Nartional Park in San Antonio, Texas. It was established in 1731 after being relocated from east Texas. It was previously established in 1690.San Antonio Missions Trail is five missions connected by the San Antonio River. The trail is The San Antonio Missions National Historic Park. The trail is about 15 miles long with about 2 1/2 miles between each mission. They are connected by jogging, bike, and hiking trails. There is also a dedicated bus route Mission Concepcion is just one of the five missions. It was completed in 1731 and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark as are the other missions located on the trail. The Mission Alamo is also on this trail. The missions on this trail are a UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The five missions on the trail are Mission Concepcion, San Antonio de Valero ((Alamo), San Jose, San Francisco de la Espada, and San Juan. They were built by Spanish Colonial residents. #NPS #MissionEspada #SanAntonio #MissionTrail #SanAntonioMissions
Mission Espada is part of the Mission Trail National Park in San Antonio, Texas. It is one of five missions on the trail. The others are Mission Alamo, Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, and Mission San Juan on the trail along the San Antonio River in Texas. The trail is about 15 miles long connected by bike, hiking and jogging paths with about 2 1/2 miles between the missions. Mission San Francisco de la Espada was founded in 1690 moved to current location in 1731. The Mission Trail has a dedicated bus line. The trail follows the San Antonio River. Mission Concepcion is just one of the five missions. It was completed in 1731 and is a U.S. National Historic Landmark as are the other missions located on the trail. The Mission Alamo is also on this trail. The missions on this trail are a UNESCO World Heritage Sites. They were built by Spanish Colonial residents. #NPS #MissionEspada #SanAntonio #Texas #SanAntonioMissions
Beautiful blooms at the Mission Espada; the yellow “rose” of Texas. The National Park Service did a fantastic job adding to the beauty of the Missions of San Antonio with their careful attention to detail.
The Espada Mission is the most distant from downtown San Antonio, and the least-well preserved of the four in the national park. (The Alamo is in a category of its own, of course.)
Mission Espada (formally Mission San Francisco de la Espada), is the southernmost and oldest mission in the area of what is now San Antonio, Texas. It was a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 to convert the local Nabedache Indians to Christianity. The Spanish also brought along a smallpox epidemic, which resulted in an estimated 3300 deaths in that area, and also resulted in the native people becoming hostile. The mission was abandoned and reestablished a number of times over the years, but there was little success in converting the Indians. This is the bell tower of the church.
Mission Espada (formally Mission San Francisco de la Espada), is the southernmost and oldest mission in the area of what is now San Antonio, Texas. It was a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 to convert the local Nabedache Indians to Christianity. The Spanish also brought along a smallpox epidemic, which resulted in an estimated 3300 deaths in that area, and also resulted in the native people becoming hostile. The mission was abandoned and reestablished a number of times over the years, but there was little success in converting the Indians. This is one of the gates.
Mission Espada (formally Mission San Francisco de la Espada), is the southernmost and oldest mission in the area of what is now San Antonio, Texas. It was a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 to convert the local Nabedache Indians to Christianity. The Spanish also brought along a smallpox epidemic, which resulted in an estimated 3300 deaths in that area, and also resulted in the native people becoming hostile. The mission was abandoned and reestablished a number of times over the years, but there was little success in converting the Indians. This is some of the ruins of the mission walls. More at wikipedia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_la_Espada).
Mission Espada is a historic Spanish mission in San Antonio, TX. I spent a few days in San Antonio last week and was able to photograph this mission and several others. From nomadicpursuits.com/
She is a beautiful church. Limestone is a tough medium to maintain, but the work of history is holding its own, with the help of the National Park Service. Thanks for World Heritage Sites and the people who saved the places before that.
The bright summer Texas Sun made for glorious light; bringing the stones to life with shadow and making the plants vibrant with color. Mission Espada may well have been my favorite of the Missions of San Antonio World Heritage Site; especially if you factor out the history of the Alamo to a Tennesseean. Espada’s ruins are magnificent, and what was saved is even grander. Blessings to the families that helped save her.
The mission church at Espada was the least impressive of the four San Antonio Missions, as well as the most distant from downtown.
Sometimes we wish and dream about being in a far off place in hopes that this would help make us happy. But what good is going somewhere temporarily if you know what you're returning to is not the same? A location won't make you happy. If we can just realize how lucky we have it and how good things actually are, then every day can be a vacation.
So it's Monday. Start the week right and do what it takes to make yourself and the people around you happy. And by Friday, hopefully, we'll all be sitting in a hammock, drinking a Corona, watching the sunset.
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Mission Espada on the Mission Trail National Historic Park in San Antonio, Texas. Its original name was San Francisco de los Tejas.
It was relocated and renamed San Francisco de la Espada in 1731. This is one of five missions located on the Mission Trail National Park. They are UNESCO World Heritage Sites. The Mission Alamo is probably the best known one. #NPS #SanAntonio #MissionEspada #MissionTrailNationalHistoricPark #SanAntonioMissionTrail #UNESCO
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Mission Espada (formally Mission San Francisco de la Espada), is the southernmost and oldest mission in the area of what is now San Antonio, Texas. It was a Roman Rite Catholic mission established in 1690 to convert the local Nabedache Indians to Christianity. The Spanish also brought along a smallpox epidemic, which resulted in an estimated 3300 deaths in that area, and also resulted in the native people becoming hostile. The mission was abandoned and reestablished a number of times over the years, but there was little success in converting the Indians. This is the church building, rebuilt in 1716 after the priests burned the original in 1693 before fleeing the area due to the hostilities with the Nabedache. More at wikepdia (en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_la_Espada).
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park preserves four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio, Texas, USA. These outposts were established by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.
Originally designed to serve as the mission's the original sacristy, this beautiful building has been used as the mission's sanctuary for over 200 years. While falling in to disrepair in the 19th century and later restored, the facade and door are still the original.
Misión San Francisco de la Espada, the southernmost site of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
The church of Mission San Francisco de la Espada in San Antonio, Texas. This was the first mission in Texas, founded in 1690. Its original name was San Francisco de los Tejas, and it was located near Weches. The church moved it to the San Antonio River in 1731, and renamed it Mission San Francisco de la Espada.
It is now part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park, and remains an active church.