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MISSION DOLORES

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3321, 16th Street - Mission nord, San Francisco, The United States Of America
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2024
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Mission with a single intact chapel with a baroque altarpiece and a Native American ethnobotanical garden.

Mission Dolores, or Misión San Francisco de Asís, is the oldest intact building in the city and the only intact chapel among the 21 missions established under the direction of Father Serra. Built in 1776, it has witnessed the entire history of San Francisco, including the California Gold Rush and the 1906 earthquake. It was its three meter thick walls that allowed it to withstand the disaster. The baroque altarpiece was imported from Mexico in 1780. Admire the ceiling painted in green, red and orange in the chapel. The basilica, in which the mass is held, does not date from the same period. It was built in 1918 and consecrated later, in 1952, by Pope Pius XII. The cemetery and gardens of Mission Dolores are located next to the old mission. The beautiful gardens have been restored and planted with trees, shrubs, flowers and native plants traditional to the 1791 era. The rose garden was donated by the Golden Gate Rose Society and is tended by society members on a weekly basis. The garden also contains a Native American ethnobotanical garden and examples of pre-settlement plants and artifacts. This is the resting place of some of California's earliest pioneers, the Ohlones and Miwoks, who are the local Native American peoples sadly extinct, and other notables such as Luis Antonio Arguello, the first governor of Mexico and Lieutenant Morega, a Spanish army officer and one of the city's founders.


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fiacre
Visited in september 2022
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En visite dans le quartier Mission, nous voyons ce bâtiment en sortant et décidons d'aller le voir. On entre et belle surprise. Petit regret de ne ps avoir plus d'explication, d'histoire et d'anecdotes.
Motditbic
Visited in october 2015
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Ce lieu chargé d'histoire semble en dehors du temps et du rythme de la ville. L'accueil pour la visite (libre avec une notice explicative disponible dans différentes langues) est chaleureux et bien veillant. Le lieu, remarquable, vous permet de comprendre l'histoire de la ville. A voir aussi, l'ancien cimetière avec les tombes des premiers colons. Une exposition d'objets, tenues et papiers d'époque donnent un aperçu de l'époque tout comme les maquettes exposées. A voir.
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Visited in july 2016
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Une des 21 missions de californie. Elle est située en plein San Francisco et vaut le détour. La basilique est superbe et le vitrail de Saint François d'Assises est juste magnifique. L'ambiance générale qui se dégage de cette mission est apaisante
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Visited in december 2015
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La plus ancienne église de San Francisco mérite la visite. Ce patrimoine exceptionnel a résuisté aux différents séismes et incendies. La nouvelle église vaut aussi le détour. Petit musée et exposition de photos racontant l'histoire de l'établissement. Cimetière à visiter montrant l'important rôle de l'immigration dans la vie de la ville.
The Mission resisted the earthquake. However, you will find the traces of this tragic through the exhibition of photos of the devastation district taken at this time like the backs of hearses during the graves of the victims.

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