Mission Espada-San Antonio, TX

© Shirley Pearce

Mission Espada-San Antonio, TX

Uploaded: June 05, 2006

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Mission San Francisco de la Espada; Founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas near present-day Weches, Texas, this was the first mission in Texas. In 1731, the mission transferred to the San Antonio River area and renamed Mission San Francisco de la Espada. A friary was built in 1745, and the church was completed in 1756. Following government policy, Franciscan missionaries sought to make life within mission communities closely resemble that of Spanish villages and Spanish culture. In order

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Larry Lawhead level-deluxe June 05, 2006

Great Shot, Shirley, and I enjoyed the explanation!

      LarryL http://lsqrd.blogspot.com/


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