Mission San Juan Bautista - Soledad, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 36° 24.280 W 121° 21.358
10S E 647418 N 4030088
A replica of one Mission inside another Mission.
Waymark Code: WMQG10
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 02/24/2016
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The Museum at the Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad has a glass-enclosed cabinet with several replicas of other Missions. This one is a replica of Mission San Juan Bautista.
The sign does not indicate who made the replica.
Wikipedia's article about the original (
visit link) informs us:
"Mission San Juan Bautista is a Spanish mission in San Juan Bautista, San Benito County, California. Founded on June 24, 1797 by Fermín Lasuén of the Franciscan order, the mission was the fifteenth of the Spanish missions established in present-day California. Named for Saint John the Baptist, the mission is the namesake of the city of San Juan Bautista.
Barracks for the soldiers, a nunnery, the Jose Castro House, and other buildings were constructed around a large grassy plaza in front of the church and can be seen today in their original form. The Ohlone, the original residents of the valley, were brought to live at the mission and baptized, followed by Yokuts from the Central Valley. Mission San Juan Bautista has served mass daily since 1797, and today functions as a parish church of the Diocese of Monterey."