King of the Missions
by Joan Carroll
Title
King of the Missions
Artist
Joan Carroll
Medium
Photograph - Digital Photograph
Description
Another beautiful bright blue sunny day highlights the pristine white exterior of the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia. This is a former Spanish mission in the present-day city of Oceanside, California. The mission was founded on June 13, 1798 by Padre Ferm�n Lasuen, President of the Mission Chain after Father Junipero Serra's death. It was the eighteenth of the Spanish missions established in California. Named for Saint Louis IX, King of France in the 1200s. The church is 180 feel long, 28 feet wide, and 30 feet high. It was onle of the largest missions, covering over 6 acres of land, and thus known as King of the Missions. The current church, built in 1811, is the third church on this location. It is a National Historic Landmark, for its pristine example of a Spanish mission church complex. Today the mission complex functions as a parish church of the Diocese of San Diego as well as a museum and retreat center.
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FEATURED PHOTO, Million Visitors Artists group, 3/8/20
FEATURED PHOTO, No Place Like Home group, 12/4/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Catholic Art Gallery group, 12/4/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Churches group, 11/24/19
FEATURED PHOTO, The Road To Self Promotion group, 11/16/19
FEATURED PHOTO, Artist News group, 1/2/15
FEATURED PHOTO, The World We See group, 10/29/14
FEATURED PHOTO, Landscape and Landmark Photography group, 10/29/14
FEATURED PHOTO, Faa Gallery Home For All Artists Who Create group, 1/1/14
FIRST PLACE finish, SUMMER DAZE Best SAN DIEGO Photo Contest, 8/12/13
FEATURED PHOTO, Heroes and Heroines group, 5/1/13
FEATURED PHOTO, All Natural Beauty of this World group, 5/1/13
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May 1st, 2013
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Debby Pueschel
Interestingly, this is one of the missions I have visited. I will have to go soon! Beautiful! FL
Jenny Revitz Soper
CONGRATULATIONS! This piece has been FEATURED on the homepage of the FAA Artist Group No Place Like Home, 12/04/2019! Way to go! Please post it in the Group's Features discussion thread for posterity and/or any other thread that fits!
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