Tiles & Shadows
Misión La Purísima Concepción De María Santísima (Mission of the Immaculate Conception of Most Holy Mary) near Lompoc California was founded by Father Presidente Fermin de Lasuén on December 8, 1787 and was the 11th of 21 Franciscan Missions in California. During the Mission's early years, several thousand Chumash Indians were baptized into the Catholic Church; over 100 large and small adobe buildings were built; a water system was developed; crops and livestock were raised.
Uploaded on September 12, 2010