The original California Mission Architecture (1769-1823) was a pragmatic, frontier style born of necessity, utilizing the limited materials and unskilled labor available to Spanish Franciscans. Unlike the ornate Baroque churches of Mexico, these missions were rugged, inward-facing complexes designed as self-sufficient agricultural villages. - AsNotedIn
| Last Name | Name | AsNotedIn |
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| Serra: | Padre Junipero Serra |
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| Theme | AsNotedIn |
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| California Missions |
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