Mission Trail Today - The California Missions

#1, San Diego Presidio

This site is owned, designed, and operated by Mission enthusiast Kenneth A. Larson who has over a quarter century of experience in design and construction of scenery for the Entertainment Industry and other areas of environmental design using Computer Aided and Traditional approaches to Design.
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All photographs taken by Kenneth A. Larson. All rights reserved. © 2003 - 2008.

Select photographs of my many visits to The California Missions built by Spain and Mexico between 1769 and 1823.

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#1 San Diego Royal Presidio

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History

On May 17, 1769, soldiers, sailers, Native Americans, and Franciscan Missionaries founded a military outpost on what is today called Presidio Hill. Two months later, Father Junipero Serra established Mission San Diego, the first mission in Alta California on the hill. The mission was later moved to its present site, then returned to the hill and then back to the second site where it remains to the present. The site was officially proclaimed a Royal Presidio on January 1, 1774. A succession of Mexican forces, abandoned in 1837 when Sa nDiego became a pueblo, and now serves as a city park with the Serra Museum to commemorate the Presidio and Mission San Diego.

The site is California Registered Historical Landmark Number 59.

The site is a short walk east of Old Town San Diego. Access to the site can be made from Taylor Street or Juan Street.

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