Sonoma Mission Exterior
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Sonoma Mission Exterior |
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When you are finished with your tour of the main portions of the Mission, go back outside and take a look around. Step back into the park diagonally across from the Mission and look back to see the whole structure in context...
Picture taken 3:10pm 29 Aug 2003
The other structures in the area also give you added information about the Sonoma area during the Mission era and afterward. The soldier's barracks across the street, for example, have other exhibits such as this beehive oven used for baking bread...
Picture taken 3:10pm 29 Aug 2003
The official California Landmark sign for the end of the Mission Trail is actually located at Mission San Francisco de Asís but this Mission is the true end of the trail. This is indicated by a plaque located on the corner in front of the Mission...
 Picture taken 2:05pm 29 Aug 2003 |
...which reads: The End of The Mission Trail The Mission Trail marked three hundred years of Spanish-Mexican settlement. It travelled as far South as Guatemala and traversed Mexico to advance through eleven of our present day United States. In 1823 Mission San Francisco Solano was founded, marking the last and northernmost outpost on the historic Mission Trail |
The California Landmark sign for the Mission is on the front of the Mission under the walkway...
Picture taken 2:10pm 29 Aug 2003
...and reads...
Mission San Francisco Solano
On July 4, 1823, Padre Jose Altimira founded this northernmost of California's Franciscan Missions. In 1834 secularization orders were carried out by military commandant Mariano G. Vallejo. San Francisco Solano became a parish church serving the pueblo and Sonoma Valley until sold in 1881. This plaque replaces one originally dedicated by the Historic Landmark Committee, Native Sons of the Golden West, 1926.
California Registered Historical Landmark No. 3
That's the end of the tour. Thank you. Please visit the other missions.
For a Flash video of this Mission and other resources see The California Mission Resource Center site.
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