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What is special about Mission San Miguel Arcangel?
Mission San Miguel Arcàngel was the 16th mission founded in the 21 mission chain, and is today a National Historic Landmark. A unique feature of this mission is that its interior wall murals, originally painted in the 1800s by Salinan Indians who converted to Catholicism, have never been retouched or repainted.
What is a San Miguel Arcangel?
San Miguel Arcángel is a former Spanish mission in San Miguel, California. It was the 16th of California’s 21 missions. The mission was named for the archangel Michael, the leader of all angels. The mission church is considered to have the best-preserved interior of all the mission churches.
What does San Miguel Arcangel?
Where did Mission San Miguel Arcangel get its name?
Mission San Miguel Arcangel was the sixteenth Spanish mission built in California, founded July 25, 1797, by Father Fermin Lasuen. The name San Miguel comes from Saint Michael, Captain of the Armies of God.
Why is it important to restore Mission San Miguel?
In many ways Mission San Miguel serves as a model and a leading light for the remaining Missions as they begin their own restoration efforts. Your help to restore Mission San Miguel will benefit all the remaining Missions in California.
Where are the bells at San Miguel Arcangel?
This cemetery contains some very interesting markers, for people from all over the world who were buried at San Miguel in the late 1800s. Continue to 7 of 12 below. You can see these bells from the cemetery, atop a long wall section behind the main church.
Who was the artist who painted Mission San Miguel?
The frescoes at Mission San Miguel are some of the most beautiful and best-preserved of any California mission, especially after their restoration in the early 2000s. The original paintings were done in 1820-21, painted by the mission Indians, working with Spanish diplomat and artist Esteban Carlos Munras of Monterey.