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Mission Santa Barbara was founded on December 4, 1786 by Father Fermin de Lasuen. Mission Santa Barbara was the 10th mission founded. Mission Santa Barbara was built near Siujtu,a Chumash village. Water was channeled from adam constructed in Pedragoso Creek, high above the mission. A two-mile long stone aqueduct carried water to a storage reservoir and settling tank constructed in 1806, and attributed to Indian mason Miguel Blanco of Baja, California. A second aqueduct carried drinking water to the mission,its fountains and lavanderia washing facilities. The original buildings were adobe,unpretentious, and a clay common to dry areas. The original purpose of the mission was christianazation of the Chumash Indians. Mission Santa Barbara is one of two missions who still run under Franciscan order.
Layout and Design of Mission Santa Barbara
Mission Santa Barbara is located close to Central and Southern California coast.
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Mission Santa Barbara is in the city of Santa Barbara, on a hill that has an amazing view of the ocean. Mission Santa Barbara was laid out in the traditional quadrangle, a foursided design with an open courtyard in the center, with many trees and a garden. The Mission Santa Barbara church was completed in 1820 with one tower. The second tower was added in 1831, and then collapsed within two years, and was rebuilt again in 1833. The Neoclassic facade was inspired by a mission archives copy of the spanish edition with a patio, tannery, and neophyte housing forming additional courtyard-oriented squares. Many of the existing buildings at the back of the mission building were created to meet the needs of the seminary, established in the 20th century. Most of the new construction follows the foundation of the old quadrangle. The six bells hung within the two church towers. The church was very large at 179 feet long and 38 feet wide. The church that was from the year 1794 was constructed from adobe and tile. The construction in 1787, the first mission church at Mission Santa Barbara were made of logs with a thatched grass roof. It was a simple design and soon required replacing in 1789. The church is still used as it is. The church decoration has not changed since 1820, but it has been repaired many times. The church walls are still filled with decorations from the 18th and 19th century. Mission Santa Barbara is the only mission with twin bell towers. Father Antonio Ripoll designed the stone church by copying from a book of architecture written in 27 B.C. by a Roman named Polion. Over 4,000 people of the Chumash tribe were buried in Mission Santa Barbara’s cemetery. Father Narciso Duran formed an Indian orchestra. Early Life at the Mission The bell that rang four times a day was to tell people when it was time to work,eat,sleep,and rest. Every morning the bell also rang to tell people to come to mass and its services. Every morning, the church sings and prays. The games and crafts were very important to the Chumash because of their religion. Most of the Chumash villages had a specific area where they held dances and for playing games. Dancing and music were also important to the Chumash. The women of the Chumash wore a blouse and a skirt. The little girls were taught how to weave baskets and how to gather and prepare the food,they learned how to do these things from the elderly women in the tribe. The women worked by gathering acorns,wild herbs,roots,and berries to help feed families. The women also gathered fruits,nuts,and vegetables while the men hunted animals such as deer,bear,and fish. The bell to signal the woman and girls bedtime rung at 8:00 p.m. The men of the Chumash tribe spent most of their days hunting,gathering, and preparing food. The men hunted and fished to provide food. The Spanish schoolboys were taught a unique set of lines and curls to go with their signature. The boys were taught how to hunt and make tools. Once per year, the men and boys got a new pair of pants. The hunters and gatherers usually went to the sea. The bell rang at 9:00 p.m. to signal bedtime for boys and men. The men built tomols that can easily hold up to ten people or more. The tomols are the strongest and fastest boats of the Chumash tribe. Tomols were used for hunting and fishing for the men and to travel to nearby islands. The chief of the tribe passes out food and valuables to the tribe members. The shaman’s are the religious leaders of the tribe. The men usually served as the chief and/or shaman positions. The women can sometimes take leadership roles too! The shamans guided the sick people of the tribe. He or she also leaded in battles against other tribes. He or she made large charts of the skies. Charts were very important tools for making decisions. All of the children of the tribe were educated at a young age in teachings and traditions held by the village. The older tribespeople taught the young children the skills they needed to grow into adulthood. The biggest arguments are usually over control of land used for hunting and/or gathering food. Santa Barbara was the third mission established in the land of the Chumash people at the native site of Xana’yan. The neophytes were referred to as Barbareno ( after the mission) and Canaleno. Many of the Chumash neophytes ran away from the mission. Prior to the Spanish arrival, the Chumash inhabited the area from Malibu to San Luis Obispo. The population that was recorded was 1,792, in 1803. The Chumash farmed and lived off of the land and animals around them. The Chumash had cattle,sheep,goats,pigs,mules,and horses in great numbers. In 1809,there were 5,200 head of cattle. In 1803,there were 11,221 head of sheep. Throughout the early 1800s, life at the mission revolved around agriculture pursuits as well as religion. Mission Santa Barbara is the only mission to have two founding dates because Father Serra died after he wrote the first founding date. What the Chumash Ate The mission church is filled with original and interesting paintings and statues,including a unique abalone-encrusted picture that was dated to the 1790s.
The two largest religious paintings in all of the missions are at Santa Barbara. The Indians made adobe,tiles,shoes, and woolen garments,learned the trades of carpenter and mason, and became herdsmen and farmers. Over the years 1787-1834, Santa Barbara reported harvesting 223,285 bushels of wheat, barley, corn, beans, lentils, garbanzos (chickpeas), and habas (broad beans). The mission had two vineyards and many fruit trees. Acorns were a very important for the Chumash. The acorns can be easily stored for a long time. After picking acorns and finishing seeds, the Chumash women used rocks to grind to make flour for making bread and grains. The holy bread and wine is kept in the Catholic church that hangs the cross of Jesus. There are several crops that are planted and cared for at Mission Santa Barbara, which are wheat,barley,corn,beans,lentils, chickpeas; peas, and
grapes. Destructions and the Mission Today There were many illnesses, such as measles,smallpox, pneumonia, mumps,and diptheria.All of the illnesses were brought over when the Spanish came from Europe. These diseases were a threat to the Indians.Due to the many deaths,the California Indian population decreased.The Indians were very sad because so many of their people had died from the diseases brought by the Spaniards. On February 21,1824, there was a major Indian revolt and starred in the Central Coast region.The Spanish soldiers battled the Chumash during the revolt of 1824. In 1808, Jose Antonio Ramirez built the Moorish Fountain.The Moorish Fountain was close to where the final church would stand. In 1925, an earthquake damaged the mission. The mission had mostly civil problems.The missions nickname is “Queen of the Missions”.The mission was secularized in 1834.The current status of the mission is Active Roman Catholic Church, owned and operated by the Franciscans. The 2nd earthquake, June 29,1925,it damaged the mission. The construction from the 2nd earthquake was completed in 1927,the towers were reforced in 1953.The third church was destroyed by an earthquake in 1812.The church survived a remarkably intact until a major earthquake in 1925. The earthquake shook all of Southern California.The church suffered really bad damage including the fully collapse of the Eastern tower.The fourth and present church was rebuilt after the great earthquake of 1812, completely demolished in the previous adobe version. In 1805, construction of the brand new church began. Converted natives accomplished most of the labor under the guidance of master stonemason Antonio Ramirez.The mission has a museum open on weekdays from 9:00 a.m. to 5:00 p.m. for self-guided tours around Mission Santa Barbara for a minimum fee of $4.00 per person. The docent tours are on Thursdays, Fridays at 11:00 a.m. ,and Saturdays at 10:30 a.m. Over 200 years after its construction, the church is still home to an active and violent, also known as a working community of Franciscan friars.The current mission property is now houses, a retreat center, and a museum that displays its historic cemetery,gardens, and an aqueduct system/fountain for visitors.Santa Barbara is the only mission continuously operated by the Franciscans since its founding.Juana Maria, the Lone Woman of San Nicholas Island portrayed in Scott O’Dell’s Island of the Blue Dolphins was buried in the missions cemetery in 1853. Today, mission Santa Barbara serves as a Parish Church, a Franciscan monastery, a seminary for theological students for the Franciscan priesthood. It also has a gift shop.Mission Santa Barbara is one of California’s most beautiful relics from the 18th century. Mission Santa Barbara was very important in the final years of the mission era.It became the headquarters for the mission chain after 1833.Starting in 1841, for almost five years,the first Catholic Bishop of California stayed at Mission Santa Barbara
The mission was established initially in 1690 as Mission San Francisco de los Tejas in East Texas. The mission was abandoned and moved to the West Bank of the San Antonio River and was called Mission San Francisco de la Espada in 1731. Its purpose was to serve the Coahuiltecan tribes and educate them in religion. The original building was made of sticks and straw, but these building materials made it an easy victim of Indian attacks. The missionaries wanted to make life in the mission communities be comparable to that of villages in Spain.
Neophytes, newly converted native americans to catholicism, lived in housing located to the south of the mission. The cemetery was to the east of the mission. The salinas river was not used for irrigation, but used for livestock needs. The arroyo seco, meaning dry stream in spanish, was a seasonal water source. The neophytes dug a 15 mile aqueduct to bring water to 20,000 acres land surrounding the mission. Mission soledad’s main business was agriculture. They had 6,000 cattle, 9,000 sheep and 32 horses. They used the cattle’s fat to make soap and candles. The mission used sheep's wool to weave blankets. The mission had a 20 acre vineyard for growing grapes to make wine and brandy. All of the products produced were traded and sold to settlers immigrants and visitors. Mission soledad did not produce as much as other missions because of their size and location. Mission soledad was built in a hot, windy, treeless valley. It was built there because it was a stop on the 100-mile between mission san carlos borromeo de carmelo and mission san antonio de
The mission of La Purisima is a important historical mission. Mission La Purisima was founded in 1787, this mission was the 11th mission to be founded in California,and the 4th mission in the land of the Chumash people. The Chumash and Spanish first were positive to each other, but the soldiers abused the Chumash. The Chumash led a revolt, and it was the
Near the bell is a statue of Father Junipero Serra. The ruins of the original stone church are in front of the mission. Only the sanctuary and parts of the church remain, but that’s enough to have an idea of how big it is. The church walls are made of large stones and birds have built nests between them. Mission San Juan Capistrano was one of many Spanish missions in colonial Las Californias around 1776.
During the early 1500s- mid 1800s, missions were the original destination by which the Spanish taught both Spanish and Catholicism lifestyle to the Native Americans/Indians. There are 21 missions scattered all over California. Mission San Jose is the fourteenth mission created in Alta California. It is a Spanish mission located in Fremont, California and established in the late 1700s by Padre Fermin Francisco de Lasuen. The mission is the label of the Mission San Jose district of Fremont, which was a free town admitted into the city when it was assimilated in 1957. The purpose of creating this mission was to secure Spain’s claim to this land and teach the native people Christianity and the Spanish way of life. Today, Mission San Jose serves
Many Indians came with Concepcion mission to San Antonio to start a new life. The Padres and the Indians built rough temporary structures made of thatched roofs to accommodate their living and worship needs. They planted crops and dug irrigation ditches for their food to eat. As they built permanent mission. They built the Concepcion mission in the design of the general mission plan of the time period. In time the Mission became a community. The Indians and the Padres built a stone wall around the mission compound. (saconservation 1) “Inside the enclosure were the usual buildings of the missions: a stone granary, a friary or convento for the priests apartments along the outer walls for the Indian families, various workshops and, of course, the church itself ” (saconservation 1).
In 1776 the Padre Serra decided to make the mission at a new location. They moved closer to the Indians. When they decided to make a new mission they uses adobe for the walls and they used tile roofs. They used this because they don't burn quickly. They did not want to be attacked again. Adobe is heavy clay soil. The mission was also made of wood for the beams. The priests taught the Indians about making adobe into bricks. They dug a ditch and mixed clay with grass or straw.
As I walked up the street toward the front of Grace Cathedral, I was in awe at the size and ornateness of this cathedral. It was tall and wide and looked very much like the churches we had been studying in class in the prior weeks. As I got closer and closer I began to make out The Ghiberti Doors, also known as the gates of paradise. These are the main cathedral doors made out of bronze, and are replicas of the originals which stood centuries ago at the east entrance to the Baptistry of Florence Cathedral (the Duomo) Italy. I approached and spent about fifteen minutes, just examining all the different engraved scenes within the ten sections in the two doors. After I had finished looking at the Ghiberti Doors, I entered through one of the side doors, since you are not able to use the Ghiberti Doors, because they weight too much. Before I stepped inside the cathedral, I pulled out my text analysis and read over it, so that when I entered I could examine whether or not this cathedral exuded the same sacredness as the cathedral in the text analysis. I feel this Cathedral really does exude not entirely the purity of heaven, but does seem to somewhat separate you from the outer world, as Abbot Suger spoke of. Also, it brings in some of the surrounding beauty from St. Denis, such as the sapphire and stained glass, as well as the gold plating.
San Francisco de los Tejas is another one of the first missions. It was the first mission built in East Texas. It was called Tejas because they had met Hasinai people along the Colorado River. The word Tejas means "friend". The Tejas mission was built after the Spanish found out about La Salle's fort. Tejas was built out of logs, unlike many of the missions. This was probably so because it was built in the Piney Woods or Post Oak Belt subregion. Trees in these subregions are plentiful. Tejas had been intended for the Caddo tribe. The Caddo were the most advanced tribe and didn't need the food, protection, or shelter the priests offered. Without the Caddo's support the mission was failing greatly. The Spanish government decided to stop funding money for the mission. Before the priests went back to Mexico, they buried the bell and hoped to return one day.
La Salle La Salle, René-Robert Cavelier, Sieur de (1643-1687), French explorer in North America, who navigated the length of the Mississippi River and claimed the Louisiana region for France. La Salle was born on November 22, 1643, in Rouen, France, and educated by the Jesuits. In 1666 he immigrated to Canada, was granted land on the St. Lawrence River, and became a trader. From 1669 to 1670 he explored the region south of Lakes Ontario and Erie, and he later claimed to have discovered the Ohio River in 1671. In the course of his explorations in the wilderness, La Salle became familiar with indigenous languages and traditions.
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The mission is open to the public year round, and does not close its doors. There is always someone there to help. They provide food, clothing, shelter, and spread the word of God. They also counsel alcoholics and drug abusers. The mission also has a part called The Opportunity Place. This place helps single mothers who work minimum wage jobs and can’t make ends meet.
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