A classic guide to 21 missions, this beautifully illustrated volume is now revised and updated. California's missions were built by Spanish padres over 150 year

“Nothing defines California and our nation’s heritage as significantly or emotionally,” says the California Mission Foundation, “as do the twenty-one mi

Discusses Mission San Miguel Arcâangel from its founding in 1797 to the present day, including the reasons for Spanish colonization in California and the effec

The history of this California mission from its founding in 1791, through its development and use in serving the Ohlone Indians, and its secularization and func

Accurate renderings of 21 structures: San Diego de Alcalá, San Juan Capistrano, Santa Clara de Asís, San José de Guadalupe, Santa Cruz, many more, plus reali