A view of " Mission Dolores" on a rain-soaked San Francisco day in December 2004. The original Mission structure is the smaller building at left. Mission San Francisco de Asís, also known as Mission Dolores, was founded on October 9, 1776. It was the sixth California mission, founded by Father Francisco Palou (a member of the de Anza Expedition). It is located in San Francisco, and received the nickname "Mission Dolores" from the nearby Lago de los Dolores ("Lake of the Sorrows"), now vanished. It was named for St. Francis of Assisi, the founder of the Franciscan Order. The buildings have remained relatively unchanged since their construction in 1782. This article is about the city in California. ...
December is the twelfth and last month of the year in the Gregorian Calendar and one of seven Gregorian months with the length of 31 days. ...
2004 is a leap year starting on Thursday of the Gregorian calendar. ...
October 9 is the 282nd day of the year (283rd in Leap years). ...
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Postcard of the reconstructed Mission Santa Bárbara The California missions are a series of settlements established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to Christianize the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land. ...
Juan Bautista de Anza (July 1736 - December 19, 1788) was a Basque explorer working for the Spanish empire. ...
This article is about the city in California. ...
Saint Francis of Assisi (born in Assisi, Italy, ca. ...
Franciscans is the common name used to designate a variety of mendicant religious orders of men or women tracing their origin to Francis of Assisi and following the Rule of St. ...
Events January 7 - The first American commercial bank opens (Bank of North America). ...
In 1817, Mission San Rafael Arcángel was established as an asistencia to act as a hospital for the Mission, though it would later be granted full mission status in 1822. Events March 4 - James Monroe succeeds James Madison as the President of the United States of America April – Earthquake in Palermo, Italy April 3 – Princess Caraboo appears in Almondsbury in Gloucestershire, England May - The General Convention of the Episcopal Church founded General Theological Seminary while meeting in New York City. ...
Events March 30 - Florida becomes a United States territory. ...
After the California Gold Rush began in 1848, the City of San Francisco had grown tremendously; there were saloons and two race tracks on the mission property. During the 1906 earthquake, the basilica next to the mission church fell and was destroyed, but the Mission San Francisco de Asís remained unharmed. Gold rush handbill The California Gold Rush was a period in American history marked by mass hysteria concerning a gold discovery in Northern California. ...
1848 is a leap year starting on Saturday (link will take you to calendar). ...
1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
Global earthquake epicenters, 1963–1998. ...
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The Mission is still an active church in "The City." Many people attend services in the Mission church and even more attend mass in the Basilica next door. The Mission is open to visitors.
The Mission District is now the name of the San Francisco neighborhood adjacent to church. It was one of the few areas of San Francisco not destroyed by the fires that sprang up in the aftermath of the 1906 'quake. The Mission or the Mission District is the name of a neighborhood in San Francisco, California, built around the sixth California mission, the Mission San Francisco de Asis. ...
1906 was a common year starting on Monday (see link for calendar). ...
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The National Register of Historic Places is the USAs official list of districts, sites, buildings, structures, and objects worthy of preservation. ...
San Mateo, Spanish for Saint Matthew, is the name of several places: San Mateo County, California, United States of America San Mateo, California, United States of America (in San Mateo County) San Mateo, Rizal, Philippines This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists other pages that might otherwise...
See also Postcard of the reconstructed Mission Santa Bárbara The California missions are a series of settlements established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, to Christianize the local Native Americans, but with the added benefit of giving Spain a toehold in the frontier land. ...
External links - Official mission website (http://www.missiondolores.org/)
- Elevation & Site Layout sketches of the Mission proper (http://www.mymission.org/images/franasis.gif)
Mission San Francisco de Asís circa 1910. |
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