Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa - San Gabriel, CA - Exact Replicas on Waymarking.com

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 San Luis Obispo de Tolosa. It appears to be made of painted wood but no sign indicates the artist or date.

Wikipedia (visit link) informs us:


"Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772 by Father Junípero Serra in the present-day city of San Luis Obispo, California. Named after Saint Louis of Anjou, the bishop of Toulouse, the mission is the namesake of the city of San Luis Obispo and San Luis Obispo County.

The Mission church of San Luis Obispo is unusual in its design in that its combination of belfry and vestibule is found nowhere else among the California missions. The main nave is short and narrow (as is the case with other mission churches), but at San Luis Obispo there is a secondary nave of almost equal size situated to the right of the altar, making this the only "L"-shaped mission church among all of the California missions. The mission church today is a parish church of the Diocese of Monterey."

Where is original located?: San Luis Obispo Where is this replica located?: San Gabriel, CA Who created the original?: Franciscan Missionaries Internet Link about Original: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Luis_Obispo_de_Tolosa Year Original was Created (approx. ok): 1772

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Date Logged Log User Rating   05/31/2015 Metro2 visited it