U. S. Mission Trail / The Mission Trail Today - The Spanish Missions in California
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Select photographs of my many visits to The Missions of the United States South and Southwest built by Spain and Mexico between 1565 and 1823.
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#18, San Luis Rey de Francia

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San Luis Rey de Francia
Front. Photo date: 1-10-04.
San Luis Rey de Francia
Front. Photo date: 1-10-04.
Church
Church. Photo date: 1-24-04.
Fountain
Front and fountain. Photo date: 1-24-04.
Cemetery Wall
Cemetery wall with church beyond. Photo date: 1-10-04.
San Luis Rey de Francia
Front with bell in foreground. Photo date: 1-10-04.
San Luis Rey de Francia
Front. In 1830, this was the largest building in California. Photo date: 12-30-02.
San Luis Rey de Francia
Baptismal. Photo date: 12-30-02.

Statue in church facade. Photo date: 1-24-04.

Bell Tower. Photo date: 1-24-04.

Side doors.

Bell tower.
Side of church adjacent to the cemetery.

Side of church adjacent to the cemetery.

Front facade of church.

Front facade of church.

On the west side of the church is Agapito Court named for Agapito Amamix (1820-1837), a Native American from the Mission who studied at Urban College in Rome.

Colonnade, now behind is the gift shop and museum.

San Luis Rey
Mission
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Church
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Cemetery
Lavanderia & Kiln
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