 enlarge 139KB, 480x640 1 PICT0011.JPG Welcome Friends!
|  enlarge 58KB, 640x463 2 PICT0023.JPG The Mother of the California Missions
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 enlarge 79KB, 303x640 3 PICT0017.JPG Father Junipero Serra, the Father of Missions
|  enlarge 61KB, 640x274 4 PICT0005.JPG El Camino Real(King's Highway) begins here and goes 600 miles north to Sonoma,California
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 enlarge 77KB, 309x640 5 PICT0007.JPG An El Camino Real Bell, 380 of these still mark the Highway north.
|  enlarge 41KB, 640x327 6 PICT0009.JPG The Basilica San Diego de Alcala,--the main Church and Monestary on the right.
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 enlarge 74KB, 640x473 7 PICT0006.JPG An imposing structure, the Buttress's were added to protect during earthquakes.
|  enlarge 57KB, 640x333 8 PICT0013.JPG This wing now houses offices and the Gift Shop.
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 enlarge 57KB, 480x640 9 PICT0018.JPG The Bells only ring at the same time on the Mission Aniversary.
|  enlarge 47KB, 480x640 10 PICT0019.JPG The Crown Bell. Cast in 1802 on commission by the King of Spain
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 enlarge 48KB, 480x640 11 PICT0022.JPG Entrance to the Church
|  enlarge 63KB, 640x411 12 PICT0020.JPG A Beautiful place to worship
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 enlarge 63KB, 640x479 13 PICT0039.JPG Rear Section of the Church
|  enlarge 42KB, 329x640 14 PICT0024.JPG Saint Anne, Grandmother of Jesus
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 enlarge 81KB, 640x506 15 PICT0025.JPG Prayers to Saint Anne
|  enlarge 72KB, 640x499 16 PICT0028.JPG A Devolted Parish
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 enlarge 72KB, 640x493 17 PICT0029.JPG The Reredo
|  enlarge 63KB, 472x640 18 PICT0032.JPG The centerpiece
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 enlarge 61KB, 459x640 19 PICT0033.JPG Madonna on the right
|  enlarge 59KB, 433x640 20 PICT0034.JPG On the left
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 enlarge 51KB, 368x640 21 PICT0035.JPG One of the many Shrines
|  enlarge 100KB, 480x640 22 PICT0043.JPG Church Description
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 enlarge 125KB, 640x471 23 PICT0045.JPG The fountain in the Quad
|  enlarge 97KB, 640x480 24 PICT0057.JPG Excavation of the Monestary
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 enlarge 104KB, 640x480 25 PICT0058.JPG The original floor under layers of desolved walls
|  enlarge 101KB, 480x640 26 PICT0048.JPG The Thirteenth Station of the Cross
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 enlarge 97KB, 640x491 27 PICT0050.JPG Close-up of this massive Bronze
|  enlarge 75KB, 545x640 28 PICT0047.JPG Mission Indian Story
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 enlarge 98KB, 480x640 29 PICT0052.JPG Memorial
|  enlarge 59KB, 640x480 30 PICT0001.JPG The Small Chaple
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 enlarge 70KB, 640x480 31 PICT0003.JPG Original Choir Seats
|  enlarge 48KB, 640x547 32 PICT0004.JPG Museum Artifacts
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 enlarge 55KB, 640x482 33 PICT0005.JPG Indian Items
|  enlarge 82KB, 480x640 34 PICT0014.JPG Rear of the Bell tower or Campanario
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 enlarge 100KB, 371x640 35 PICT0012.JPG The story of the Bells
|  enlarge 51KB, 466x640 36 PICT0019.JPG Shrine to the Bells
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 enlarge 85KB, 639x444 37 PICT0017.JPG Enter the Medatation Garden
|  enlarge 119KB, 480x640 38 PICT0016.JPG About the Garden with Father Serra
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|  enlarge 55KB, 640x480 44 PICT0038.JPG Tribute to the good Fray
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 enlarge 55KB, 640x480 45 PICT0028.JPG The covered walkway
|  enlarge 75KB, 640x480 46 PICT0025.JPG A marvelous Gift Shop
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 enlarge 127KB, 640x513 47 PICT0029.JPG The Shinning Beacon on the Hill
|  enlarge 33KB, 480x640 48 PICT0021.JPG PEACE
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