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Mission Santa Barbara (Spanish: Misión de Santa Bárbara) is a Spanish mission in Santa Barbara, California, United States.Often referred to as the 'Queen of the Missions', it was founded by Padre Fermín Lasuén for the Franciscan order on December 4, 1786, the feast day of Saint Barbara, as the tenth mission of what would later become 21 missions in Alta California.
Mission Historical Park is a 10-acre park (4.0 ha) located to the east of the Santa Barbara Mission in Santa Barbara, California.The park hosts a large open grassy area, the A.C. Postel Memorial Rose Garden, a fountain, hiking trails, a variety of sycamore and native oak trees, a historic olive grove dedicated to World War I veterans, remains of tannery vats, a pottery, gristmill, and a ...
At Mission Santa Barbara, founding Father Ripali even went so far as to consult the works of 1st century B.C. Roman architect Vitruvius during the design phase of the project. In addition to the domes, vaults, and arches, and the Roman building methods used to create them, the missions inherited several architectural features from mother Spain.
Franceschi Park. Franceschi Park is a 15.78-acre public park (6.39 ha) located at the intersection of Mission Ridge Road and Franceschi Road within the Riviera neighborhood of Santa Barbara, California, United States. It is situated at an approximate elevation of 800 ft (240 m) above sea level, some 2 mi (3.2 km) from the coast.
The Santa Barbara Mission Archive-Library was founded in 1967 as an independent, non-profit educational and research institution. [1] The collection of mission documents in the archive-library remain in situ from the founding of the mission system. [2] The collections include named sections, the Junipero Serra Collection (1713-1947), the ...
When Mission La Purisima was established in 1787, the San Antonio Creek area became part of the mission's pasture land. In 1837, following secularization of the mission, the area became part of the Rancho Lompoc Mexican land grant. See also. La Purisima Mission State Historic Park; Rivers of Santa Barbara County, California; Tidewater goby
Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple. / 34.445806; -119.580194. Built and dedicated in 1956, the Santa Barbara Vedanta Temple is located on a 45-acre (18 ha) property situated between the foothills above the City of Santa Barbara and below the peaks of the Santa Ynez Mountains. [2] The temple has a clear view overlooking the Pacific Ocean and the ...
An architectural line drawing of the general outlay of the mission is pictured, showing major roads and the location of twenty-one features of the mission. Picture file card lists the map as coming from the book "Early Days of Santa Barbara" by Walter A. Hawley, published in 1920.;