Our Lady of Loreto Chapel
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
Our Lady of Loreto Chapel
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Our Lady of Loreto Chapel by Lynn Sprowl.
In this mural two things were pointed out to us. One was the rattlesnake painted near the lower right hand side and the other was the view of a wedding taking place at the Mission Nuestra Senora Del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga.
The Chapel is the oldest section of the Presidio La BahÃa and was built to give the soldiers stationed at the fort a place to worship.
Mass is still held every Sunday at 5:00 p.m. just as it has been almost continuously since the Presidio was relocated here in 1749. One of the oldest churches in America, it is also one of the only buildings in existence that has its original "groin vaulted ceiling" in place.
The first Texas Declaration of Independence from Mexico was signed on this altar on December 20, 1835 and Fannins men were imprisoned here before their execution.
The beautiful fresco behind the altar was done in 1946 by Antonio Garcia who was known as the "Michelangelo of South Texas".
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June 7th, 2018
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