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dc.coverage.spatialSite: San Juan Capistrano, California, United Statesen_US
dc.coverage.temporalbegun 1778 (creation)en_US
dc.creatorAguilár, Isídroen_US
dc.date1778en_US
dc.date.accessioned2016-07-18T17:00:23Z
dc.date.available2016-07-18T17:00:23Z
dc.date.issued1778en_US
dc.identifier266323en_US
dc.identifier.otherarchrefid: 3205en_US
dc.identifier.urihttp://hdl.handle.net/1721.3/182371
dc.descriptionInterior, Serra Chapel (1782); high altar area with 17th century Baroque retablo imported from Barcelona; A Spanish mission in colonial Las Californias. Its ruins are located in present-day San Juan Capistrano, Orange County. It contains the oldest building in California still in use, a 35 m long chapel (Serra Chapel) built in 1782 (enlarged 1922). It is the only extant structure where it has been documented that the padre Junipero Serra celebrated mass. Work was begun on "The Great Stone Church" (the only chapel building in Alta California not constructed out of adobe; it was sandstone) on February 2, 1797. The builder was maestro albañil (master stonemason) Isídro Aguilár of Culiacán. This was destroyed in an earthquake in 1812; part of the sacristy still stands. The Mission complex contained a hospital, living quarters, kitchens (pozolera), workshops, storerooms and soldiers' barracks (cuartels). It suffered a long period of decay beginning in 1827. The first conservation efforts began in 1895. Father St. John O'Sullivan did the most to rebuild the mission in his tenure (1910-1933). Since then the Mission has received landmark status. Source: Wikipedia; http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Main_Page (accessed 8/31/2015)en_US
dc.format.mediumadobe; wood; limestoneen_US
dc.rights© Scott Gilchrist, Archivision, Inc.en_US
dc.subjectarchitectureen_US
dc.subjectFranciscansen_US
dc.subjectSerra, Junípero, 1713-1784en_US
dc.subjectSpain--Colonies--Americaen_US
dc.subjectSpanish Colonialen_US
dc.subjectNeoclassicalen_US
dc.titleMission San Juan Capistranoen_US
dc.typeimageen_US
dc.rights.accessLicensed for educational and research use by the MIT community onlyen_US
dc.identifier.vendorcode1A2-US-SC-MS-E08en_US
vra.culturalContextAmericanen_US
vra.techniqueconstruction (assembling)en_US
vra.worktypemission (settlement)en_US
vra.worktypehistoric siteen_US
dc.contributor.displayIsídro Aguilár (Spanish master mason, died 1803)en_US


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