Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Today, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is well maintained. This Mission is architecturally distinctive due to the combination of Spanish Renaissance, Moorish—Mudéjar, and Spanish Colonial architecture styles.
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 Location of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in California
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| Location | 4050 Mission Ave. San Luis Rey, California 92068 USA |
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| Coordinates | 33°13′57″N 117°19′13″W / 33.23250°N 117.32028°WCoordinates: 33°13′57″N 117°19′13″W / 33.23250°N 117.32028°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia |
| English translation | The Mission of Saint Louis, King of France |
| Patron | Louis IX of France |
| Nickname(s) | "King of the Missions" |
| Founding date | June 12, 1798 |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Fermín de Lasuén |
| Area | 35 acres (14 ha) |
| Built | 1815 |
| Architectural style(s) | Other, Spanish Cruciform |
| Founding Order | Eighteenth |
| Military district | First (El Presidio Reál de San Diego) |
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Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) |
Kumeyaay, Quechnajuichom Luiseño & Diegueño 'Mission Indians' |
| Native place name(s) | Quechinga—Quechla |
| Baptisms | 5,399 |
| Marriages | 1,335 |
| Burials | 2,718 |
| population | 2,788 |
| Secularized | 1834 |
| Returned to the Church | 1865 |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego |
| Current use | Parish/Museum/Cemetery/Retreat House |
| Official name: San Luis Rey Mission Church | |
| Designated | April 15, 1970 |
| Reference no. | 70000142 |
| Designated | April 15, 1970 |
| Reference no. | #239 |
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| http://www.sanluisrey.org/ | |
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a former Spanish mission in an unincorporated part of San Diego County, surrounded by the present-day city of Oceanside, California, United States. The mission was founded on June 13, 1798 by Padre Fermín Lasuén, and was the eighteenth of the Spanish missions established in California. Named for Saint Louis, the mission lent its name to the Luiseño tribe of Mission Indians.
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. San Luis Rey De Francis Mission raised about 26,000 cattle as well as goats, geese, and pigs.
The first non-natives to see the mission site were members of the 1769 Portola expedition. Padre Juan Crespi noted in his diary on July 18 that it would be a good spot for future establishment of a mission. He named the place "San Juan Capistrano", but that name was used instead for the mission founded further north in 1776. The area became a standard camping stop on the road connecting the missions, until the mission establishment 29 years later.
The original name La Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia (The Mission of Saint Louis, King of France) was named for King Louis IX of France. Its 'nickname' was "King of the Missions" It was founded by padre Fermín Lasuén on June 12, 1798, the eighteenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions built in the Alta California Province of the Viceroyalty of New Spain. At its prime, Mission San Luis Rey's structures and services compound covered almost 950,400 acres (3.846×109 m2), making it one of the largest of the missions, along with its surrounding agricultural land. Two outposts were built in support of Mission San Luis Rey and placed under its supervision: San Antonio de Pala Asistencia in 1816 and Las Flores Estancia in 1823.
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