If you have a GPS system in your car, use it the first time you visit this mission. Detailed instructions from different locations within the San Diego area are posted on the mission website. There is a Mission San Diego stop on the city trolley. In addition to the main parking lot there is a small lot in front of the church. You can climb up to the mission on a stairway to the right.
There is an active group of docents who provide an invaluable service in keeping the Mission Basilica San Diego and its museums well preserved and open to the public. For fees, hours, scheduling of individual and group tours, please contact the mission directly by telephone or by visiting the Mission San Diego History website for the most current information.
For the current mass schedule, please visit the mission website Mass Times page. Visit the mission website to download special PDF's with details and instructions. For a comprehensive list of current events, visit the Mission San Diego History website. Spain did not settle the area until Russian encroachment and growing superpower interest in the region prompted them to do so in the late 18th century.
The plan was to send two ships to rendezvous with two land-based expeditions at the Bay of San Diego in the late Spring with a supply ship to arrive somewhat later. First land expedition arrived later than planned. It took one of the ships San Carlos 54 days to reach San Diego Bay, and it arrived with most of its crew dead, dying or otherwise incapacitated.
The Spanish did erect a cross and claim the territory for Spain. The mission was founded on July 16, on Presidio Hill. A primitive compound that consisted of little more than brush covered enramadas and several grass huts was erected. Mother of the Alta California Missions. The site of the original mission on Presidio Hill was at a location called Cosoy by the natives. Traditional quadrangle. Records show a large garden and vineyard were located near the mission.
A dam was finally constructed six miles upstream from the mission, on the San Diego River. Water was brought to the foot of Mission Hill via an aqueduct or zanja and then by way of a noria or waterwheel into the mission. The highest population was 1, in In the first year for which we have records the mission had 40 cattle, 74 sheep, 55 goats, 10 pigs, 29 horses and 28 mules, a total of animals.
Over the years , the mission produced , bushels of wheat, barley, corn, beans, peas, lentils, garbanzos chickpeas , and habas broad beans. The church was originally built in the fourth church on this site. After the mission was secularized in , it rapidly fell into ruin. The mission was rebuilt and fully restored in A striking 46' campanario bell wall on the left side of the church rises above the mission gardens and contains five bells.
The largest bell, called Mater Dolorsa weights 1, pounds. It was cast in San Diego in The baptismal font in the museum is original to Mission San Diego.
The baptismal font in the church is a replica of the one in which Fr. The images in the Historical Image Gallery include some of the earliest drawings of California's first mission.
While the mission was founded in , the illustrations that have survived are of the third church on the present site, originally built in The illustrations range from simple line drawings to full-color paintings, and include depictions of the mission ruins in the decades before it was restored. The Contemporary Image Gallery contains more recent photographs taken by several different photographers from around the mission gardens, the museum and the Asistencia. General Information Founded:.
July 16, - The 1st California Mission. Also Called:. Current Status:. Visitor Information Key Facts Address. Supporting Organization. We are a Community of Beloved disciples of Jesus the Christ, who suffered and died for our sins.
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Sacrament of Reconciliation As of September We strongly recommend all penitents wear a mask. Exit Friars Road and turn left. Mission is one half block on the left. Exit at Mission Gorge Road. Turn left at signal and proceed on Mission Gorge. Turn left on Twain Avenue, which becomes Mission Road.
The mission is on the right. Hours of Operation a - p daily. California Missions.
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