San Jose Mission
by Lynn Sprowl
Title
San Jose Mission
Artist
Lynn Sprowl
Medium
Photograph - Photography
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San Jose Mission by Lynn Sprowl
Founded in 1720, the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. It was built on the banks of the San Antonio river several miles to the south of the earlier mission, San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo).
Its founder was the famed Father Antonio Margil de Jesús, a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas.
Mission San Jose is an active parish. Visitors are welcome to attend mass on Sundays.
Fine carvings on the facade of Mission San José Church gave it the title, "Queen of the Missions".
San José, as it became known, was the largest of the missions in the area. At its height, the community contained about 350 Indian neophytes, sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock. Viewed as the model among the Texas missions, San José gained a reputation as a major social and cultural center. It became known as the "Queen of the Missions." Its imposing complex of stone walls, bastions, granary, and magnificent church was completed by 1782.
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June 13th, 2018
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Frank J Casella
CONGRATULATIONS!! Your beautiful artwork has been Featured by the - CATHOLIC ART GALLERY - group on Fine Art America / PIXELS! Thank you for sharing it !! http://tinyurl.com/CatholicArtGallery