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The Santa Barbara Mission in Santa Barbara, California. The mission was founded in 1786 and built in 1820. Previous mission structures were destroyed by earthquakes. #SantaBarbaraMission #SantaBarbara
The Santa Barbara Mission photographed on Saturday, May 16, 2020.
A 9 image focus stack, shot with the camera handheld over the water in the fountain.
Mission Santa Barbara is in Santa Barbara, California. The mission was founded in 1786. The first chapel was damaged by an earthquake. The current chapel construction was completed in 1820. It was damaged by another earthquake and repaired in 1920.
Mission Santa Barbara
Santa Barbara, CA
05-16-20
No fancy angles, no crowds of people (although the park started filling up a couple hours after I took this picture at 10:30am on a Saturday morning.)
No digital fakery. (Yes, 3 exposure HDR but that's what I shoot)
Just the most beautiful Mission building in all of California, on a beautiful Spring Day.
A view from inside the courtyard of the Santa Barbara Mission. It was built in 1820 and 1925 after earthquake damage. Founded in 1786. #SantaBarbaraMission #California
Santa Barbara Mission
Santa Barbara, CA
10-16-22
I've photographed many of the California Missions over the years, and the Santa Barbara Mission is my favorite.
It's also the first I've photographed with my drone, here looking over the complex from the rear.
Santa Barbara Mission, photographed Jan. 27, 2018 and processed 04-22-20.
This is my favorite of the California Missions I've photographed.
Another view of the Mission in Santa Barbara, California.
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Old Mission Santa Barbara bears witness to the Franciscan missionary spirit through service to God and God’s people; as stewards of the Franciscan heritage in the West.
This beautiful building was constructed in 1786. More information can be found at: www.santabarbaramission.org/
Many people forget that the Spanish were the first Europeans to colonize California. It later became part of Mexico after gaining independence from Spain. The United States later took all of the southwestern U.S. from Mexico in the Mexican-American War which was based mostly on false pretenses. Besides California, this includes the following U.S. states: Arizona, New Mexico, Texas, Nevada and Colorado.
Old Mission Santa Barbara is a community of many parts, but one spirit. The Mission has served as a gathering place and spiritual home for many since its establishment in 1786. Today the Mission operations include a museum, gift shop, cemetery and mausoleum, and several historic gardens, as well as being the home to a community of Franciscan Friars on about 15 acres.
Austin and some of his Water Polo 'Brethren' managed to make it to the Santa Barbara Mission for a privately guided tour of the premise in between games on Sunday.
Picture taken in the Mission's Basilica from the utmost back looking forward.
There is water in the Baptismal Font in the foreground; thus the reflection.
Santa Barbara, California.
I saw this door at the Santa Barbara Mission when I was up there few months ago. I love the stones and the window, so I decided to take a shot.
Jan. 9, 2021: Infrared image of the Old Mission Santa Barbara, which celebrated its 200th anniversary in 2020. Padre Fermin Laueun established the original mission in 1786. Following an 1812 earthquake, the current mission was built and dedicated in 1820. I took this infrared image with the iPhone equipped with a 720nm filter. Exposure was two seconds at f/1.8, ISO 3. #infrared #infrarediphone #santabarbaramission #oldsantabarbaramission #santabarbara
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Black and white of the Santa Barbara Mission and fountain with water lilies.
Mission Santa Barbara (Spanish: Misión de Santa Bárbara) is a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California, United States. Often referred to as the 'Queen of the Missions', it was founded by Padre FermÃn Lasuén for the Franciscan order on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission of what would later become 21 missions in Alta California.
Mission Santa Barbara, like other California missions, was built as part of a broader effort to consolidate the Spanish claim on Alta California in the face of threats from rival empires. In attempting to do this, Spain sought to turn local indigenous tribes into good Spanish citizens (for Mission Santa Barbara, this was the Chumash-Barbareño tribe). This required religious conversion and integration into the Spanish colonial economy – for the local Chumash people, the environmental changes wrought by the Mission's large herd of livestock, combined with epidemics and military force, meant that tribal members often had little choice but to join the mission system, resulting in a type of forced servitude.
The mission is the namesake of the city of Santa Barbara as well as of Santa Barbara County and comes from the legend of Saint Barbara, a girl who was beheaded by her father for following the Christian faith.
The Mission grounds occupy a rise between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains, and were consecrated by Father FermÃn Lasuén, who had taken over the presidency of the California mission chain upon the death of Father JunÃpero Serra. Mission Santa Barbara is, along with mission San Luis Rey, the only mission to remain under the leadership of the Franciscan Friars since its founding, and today is a parish church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
History
Construction and development
The early missionaries built three different chapels during the first few years, each larger than the previous one. In 1787, the first chapel built was a palisaded log structure with a grass roof and an earthen floor that measured 39 ft (12 m) x 14 ft (4.3 m). In 1789, the second chapel was constructed out of adobe with roof tiles and measured 83 ft (25 m) x 17 ft (5.2 m). In 1793–94, it was replaced again with another adobe tiled-roof structure that measured 125 ft (38 m) x 26 ft (7.9 m). However, the third chapel was destroyed by the 1812 Santa Barbara earthquake which occurred on December 21 of that year.[13][14]
By 1815, construction of the fourth Mission structure had begun and was mostly completed by 1820. Most probably under the direction of master stonemason José Antonio Ramiez (as estimated by historians), the work was performed by a labor force of Canalino people. The towers were severely damaged in the June 29, 1925, earthquake, but the walls were held intact by the buttresses.[15] Restoration was undertaken the following year. By project completion in 1927, the church had been accurately rebuilt to retain its original design using the original materials to reproduce the walls, columns, and arches. Some years later it was discovered that the concrete foundation of the church had begun to disintegrate while it was settling into the ground, thereby causing the towers to crack. Between 1950 and 1953, the facade and towers were demolished and subsequently rebuilt to duplicate their original form.[13][16] The appearance of the interior of the church has not been altered significantly since 1820.[17] Wikipedia
Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California.
Postcard with a view of the Santa Barbara Mission, a Catholic church and museum in Santa Barbara, California. The mission was founded in 1786. Card sent to a Postcrossing member in Canada.
Just went to church with the boys. Dylan saw me having a coffee afterwards in the Lounge and he said, "I want some coffee too". No, Dylan, it's yucky. "No, I really like it... " Okay, so I poured him a very little bit. Now at 5yo, I really don't want him having coffee, so I didn't put any cream or sugar in it. Just black. So I let him try it and he made a face like he was being stung by a wasp.
"Dylan, how do you like the coffee?"
"I hate it. Coffee sucks!"
We had to have a little discussion after that. Not only do you not use language like that in church, but coffee does not "suck"
Hope you all have a wonderful Sunday.
I'm off to Washington DC tomorrow until Thursday night.
Mission Santa Barbara, also known as Santa Barbara Mission, is a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order near present-day Santa Barbara, California. It was founded December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission for the religious conversion of the indigenous local Chumash—Barbareño tribe of Native American people. The mission is the namesake of the city of Santa Barbara as well as Santa Barbara County.
The Mission grounds occupy a rise between the Pacific Ocean and the Santa Ynez Mountains, and were consecrated by Father FermÃn Lasuén, who had taken over the presidency of the California mission chain upon the death of Father Presidente JunÃpero Serra. Mission Santa Barbara is the only mission to remain under the leadership of the Franciscan Friars since its founding, and today is a parish church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
California.
Well-wishers tossing a coin and saying a prayer in the fountain in front of Mission Santa Barbara.
The Santa Barbara Mission was established on the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4, 1786 and was the tenth of twenty-one California Missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans.
More than 200 years later, the Mission continues to be the chief cultural and historic landmark in the city of Santa Barbara. Home to a community of Franciscan friars, the Mission also has a retreat center with guest rooms, conference rooms, a fully equipped commercial kitchen and dining room, a beautiful church with a large and active parish, a museum and gift shop, a cemetery and mausoleum, and ten acres of beautifully landscaped gardens.
The Mission's commanding position and grand proportions, graceful lines and soft, blending colors all reinforce her title, "Queen of the Missions." (from santabarbaramission.org)