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San Antonio Missions
The legacy and history of San Antonio and this region began with a simple ceremony when in 1718 Franciscans and Spanish representatives established the first mission. Within 13 years, five were located along the San Antonio River. The missions’ purpose? To acculturate and Christianize the native population and make them Spanish citizens. Today, visitors can retrace the footsteps of the mission Indians and friars. And, possibly, meet descendants of those first inhabitants.
Administrative Headquarters
2202 Roosevelt Avenue
San Antonio, Texas 78210
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Antonio_Missions_National_Histo...
Information follows for each of the missions:
1) Mission Concepción
2) Mission San José
3) Mission San Juan
4) Mission Espada
5) Espada Aqueduct
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Mission Concepción
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña
This handsome stone church was dedicated in 1755, and appears very much as it did over two centuries ago. It stands proudly as the oldest unrestored stone church in America. In its heyday, colorful geometric designs covered its surface, but the patterns have long since faded or been worn away. However, original frescos are still visible in several of the rooms.
Mission Concepción
Mission Nuestra Señora de la Purisima Concepción de Acuña
807 Mission Road at Felisa St.
San Antonio, Texas 78210
(210) 534-1540
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_Concepcion
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Mission San José
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo
Known as the "Queen of the Missions", this is the largest of the missions and was almost fully restored to its original design in the 1930s by the WPA (Works Projects Administration). Spanish missions were not churches, but communities, with the church the focus. Mission San José shows the visitor how all the missions might have looked over 250 years ago.
Mission San José
6701 San José Drive
San Antonio, Texas 78214
(210) 932-1001
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/San_Miguel_de_Aguayo,_Texas
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Mission San Juan
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Originally founded in 1716 in eastern Texas, Mission San Juan was transferred in 1731 to its present location. In 1756, the stone church, a friary, and a granary were completed. A larger church was begun, but was abandoned when half complete, the result of population decline.
San Juan was a self-sustaining community. Within the compound, Indian artisans produced iron tools, cloth, and prepared hides. Orchards and gardens outside the walls provided melons, pumpkins, grapes, and peppers. Beyond the mission complex Indian farmers cultivated maize (corn), beans, squash, sweet potatoes, and sugar cane in irrigated fields. Over 20 miles southeast of Mission San Juan was Rancho de Pataguilla, which, in 1762, reported 3,500 sheep and nearly as many cattle.
These products helped support not only the San Antonio missions, but also the local settlements and presidial garrisons in the area. By the mid 1700s, San Juan, with its rich farm and pasturelands, was a regional supplier of agricultural produce. With its surplus, San Juan established a trade network stretching east to Louisiana and south to Coahuila, Mexico. This thriving economy helped the mission to survive epidemics and Indian attacks in its final years.
Mission San Juan
Mission San Juan Capistrano
9101 Graf Road
San Antonio, Texas 78214
(210) 534-0749
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Juan_Capistrano_(Texas)
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Mission Espada
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
Founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas near present-day Weches, Texas, this was the first mission in Texas. In 1731, the mission transferred to the San Antonio River area and renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada. A friary was built in 1745, and the church was completed in 1756.
Following government policy, Franciscan missionaries sought to make life within mission communities closely resemble that of Spanish villages and Spanish culture. In order to become Spanish citizens and productive inhabitants, Native Americans learned vocational skills. As plows, farm implements, and gear for horses, oxen, and mules fell into disrepair, blacksmithing skills soon became indispensable. Weaving skills were needed to help clothe the inhabitants. As buildings became more elaborate, mission occupants learned masonry and carpentry skills under the direction of craftsmen contracted by the missionaries.
After secularization, these vocational skills proved beneficial to post-colonial growth of San Antonio. The legacy of these Native American artisans is still evident throughout the city of San Antonio today.
Mission Espada
Mission San Francisco de la Espada
10040 Espada Road
San Antonio, Texas 78214
(210) 627-2021
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Francisco_de_la_Espada
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Espada Aqueduct
The Espada Acequia, or Piedras Creek Aqueduct, was built by Franciscan friars in 1731 in what is now San Antonio, Texas, United States. It was built to supply irrigation water to the lands near Mission San Francisco de la Espada, today part of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The acequia is still in use today and is an Historic Civil Engineering Landmark and a National Historic Landmark.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Espada_Acequia
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Fotos para el Web Magazine The Concert in Concert
Simple Plan - Palacio Vistalegre - 12/03/12
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Greatest Hits Tour 2014
Alcatraz, Milan, Italy, IT
25th February 2014
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