Information About The Central Coast
The Missions
Santa Bárbara Mission
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Laguna St, Santa Barbara, CA 93105 December 4, 1786 |
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Santa Bárbara was the third mission established in the land of the Chumash people at the native site of Xana'yan. The neophytes were referred to as Barbareño (after the mission) and Canaleño. |
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Mission Site:In the city of Santa Barbara on a hill commanding a striking view of the sea. |
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La Purísima Concepción
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2295 Purisima Road, Lompoc, CA 93436 Founded : December 8, 1787 Originally established at the Indian village of Algsacupi (on the edge of present day Lompoc). An earthquake on December 21, 1812 destroyed the mission, which was then relocated about 4.5 miles to the northeast in the Valley of the Watercress. |
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San Luis Obispo de Tolosa
751 Palm St, San Luis Obispo, CA 93401
Founded: September 1, 1772
The San Luis Obīspo church was built in 1792-94. The prominent numbers inscribed on the church facade refer to the year the mission was founded in 1772. The vestibule was added in 1820. The former convento (which now contains a museum and gift shop) has a distinctive front colonnade of eleven round columns set on square pedestals.
Mission San Miguel Arcángel
795 SLO Monterey Rd., San Miguel, CA 93451
Founded: July 25, 1797
The present church, begun in 1816 under the direction of Fr. Juan Martin, was completed in 1818. A picturesque colonnade which leads to the church contains twelve arches of different sizes and shapes, unique among the California missions.
Santa Inés Virgen y Martír
1760 Mission Dr, Solvang, CA 93464
Founded: September 17, 1804
The current church, with its plain facade, dates to 1817. The interior was repainted with the current design in 1825, and the nave was recently embellished with additional floral motifs along the whole of its length.
An inland mission, Santa Inés was established near a rancheria, Alajulspu, in the Santa Inéz Valley and sits on its original site. It is on the eastern edge of the town of Solvang, founded in 1911 by a group of Danish educators.
