Father Serra's Church - San Juan Capistrano, California
Posted by: Don.Morfe
N 33° 30.156 W 117° 39.741
11S E 438478 N 3707203
Father Serra's Church is the original Mission Church. The 300 year old Baroque Altar is from Barcelona Spain. The altarpiece was hand-carved of 396 individual pieces of cherry wood and overlaid in gold leaf.
Waymark Code: WM16G62
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/25/2022
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Excerpt from the tablet on the wall in the mission and included as a photo.
"The altar is an early Baroque altar of the 17th or 18th century of cherry wood having been brought from Barcelona about 1806. The Retablo, of 196 parts hand carved and gold leafed."