Mission Santa Barbara- Santa Barbara, CA
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DougK
N 34° 26.301 W 119° 42.783
11S E 250716 N 3814100
Mission Santa Barbara is the only California mission never to have been abandoned. It has remained in continuous use by the padres since the founding day in 1786.
Waymark Code: WMERRM
Location: California, United States
Date Posted: 07/02/2012
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The Santa Barbara Mission was established on the Feast of Saint Barbara, December 4, 1786 and was the tenth of twenty-one California Missions to be founded by the Spanish Franciscans.
More than 200 years later, the Mission continues to be the chief cultural and historic landmark in the city of Santa Barbara. Home to a community of Franciscan friars, the Mission also has a retreat center with guest rooms, conference rooms, and a fully equipped commercial kitchen and dining room; a beautiful church with a large and active parish; a museum and gift shop; a cemetery and mausoleum; and ten acres of beautifully landscaped gardens.
The Mission's commanding position and grand proportions, graceful lines and soft, blending colors all reinforce her title, "Queen of the Missions."
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