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  2. Mission San Diego de Alcalá - Wikipedia

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    Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá ( Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá) was the second Franciscan founded mission in The Californias (after San Fernando de Velicata ), a province of New Spain. Located in present-day San Diego, California, it was founded on July 16, 1769, by Spanish friar Junípero Serra, in an area long inhabited by the ...

  3. Mission Bay (San Diego) - Wikipedia

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    Mission Bay (San Diego) Coordinates: 32°46′45″N 117°14′3″W. Mission Bay is an artificial, saltwater bay located south of the Pacific Beach community of San Diego, California created from approximately 2,000 acres (810 ha) of historical wetland, marsh, and saltwater bay habitat. The bay is part of the recreational Mission Bay Park, the ...

  4. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    The Mission has earned a reputation as the "Loveliest of the Franciscan Ruins." [1] The Spanish missions in California ( Spanish: Misiones españolas en California) formed a series of 21 religious outposts or missions established between 1769 and 1833 in what is now the U.S. state of California.

  5. Timeline of the Portolá expedition - Wikipedia

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    Apr 11 – The San Antonio arrived in San Diego. The men are ill and set up a camp near the beach. Apr 29 – The San Carlos arrived in San Diego, after at first sailing too far north. May 2 – The Rivera group reached the Bahía de Todos Santos, on the Pacific (west) coast of the Baja peninsula.

  6. Presidio Park - Wikipedia

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    Serra Museum. Presidio Park is a city historic park in San Diego, California. It is the site where the San Diego Presidio and the San Diego Mission, the first European settlements in what is now the Western United States, were founded in 1769. In 1773 the mission moved a few miles upriver while the fort remained on Presidio Hill.

  7. Old Mission Dam - Wikipedia

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    The Old Mission Dam is located about 5 miles (8.0 km) northeast of the site of Mission San Diego de Alcalá, in the hills northeast of San Diego. It spans the San Diego River, which was historically a seasonal body of water which dried out in the summer. The dam is built out of stone and cement, and was 220 ft long (67 m), 13 ft wide (4.0 m) at ...

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