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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. Spanish missions in California - Wikipedia

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    Olives (first cultivated at Mission San Diego de Alcalá) were grown, cured, and pressed under large stone wheels to extract their oil, both for use at the mission and to trade for other goods. The Rev. Serra set aside a portion of the Mission Carmel gardens in 1774 for tobacco plants, a practice that soon spread throughout the mission system.

  4. Mission Valley, San Diego - Wikipedia

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    San Diego. Mission Valley is a wide river valley trending east–west in San Diego, California, United States, through which the San Diego River flows to the Pacific Ocean. For planning purposes the city of San Diego divides it into two neighborhoods: Mission Valley East and Mission Valley West. [1]

  5. Hispanics and Latinos in San Diego - Wikipedia

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    Mission San Diego de Alcala in 1848. Spanish colonization. The Spanish established a presidio (fort) and Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769, marking the foundation of the city. Over the following decades, more missions were established throughout California, including the nearby Mission San Luis Rey de Francia.

  6. Architecture of the California missions - Wikipedia

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    e. The architecture of the California missions was influenced by several factors, those being the limitations in the construction materials that were on hand, an overall lack of skilled labor, and a desire on the part of the founding priests to emulate notable structures in their Spanish homeland. While no two mission complexes are identical ...

  7. 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 ...

  8. El Camino Real (California) - Wikipedia

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    El Camino Real The Royal Road East entrance of San Gabriel Mission with an El Camino Real bell Location Country United States State California Counties Main route: San Diego, Orange, Los Angeles, Ventura, Santa Barbara, San Luis Obispo, Monterey, San Benito, Santa Clara, San Mateo, San Francisco, Marin, Sonoma East Bay route: Santa Clara, Alameda, Contra Costa Highway system State highways in ...

  9. Santa Ysabel Asistencia - Wikipedia

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    The Santa Ysabel Asistencia was founded on September 20, 1818, at Cañada de Santa Ysabel in the mountains east of San Diego (near the village of Elcuanan ), as a asistencia or "sub-mission" to Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and to serve as a rest stop for those travelling between San Diego and Sonora. The native population of approximately 450 ...