Mission Santa Inés - San Gabriel, CA
Posted by: Metro2
N 34° 05.822 W 118° 06.419
11S E 397886 N 3773467
This is one of several replicas of various Franciscan Missions located at Mission San Gabriel Arcangel.
Waymark Code: WMR88A
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 05/25/2016
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This replica is one of several in a courtyard at Mission San Gabriel Arcangel. The area above the replicas is covered and a gate prevents visitors from touching the reproductions...but otherwise they are exposed the elements.
This one depicts Mission Santa Inés. It appears to be made of painted wood but no sign indicates the artist or date.
Wikipedia (
visit link) informs us:
"Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynez) is a Spanish mission in the present-day city of Solvang, California, and named after St. Agnes of Rome. Founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan order, the mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living east of the Coast Range.
The Mission was home to the first learning institution in Alta California[10] and today serves as a museum as well as a parish church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles."