Mission San Diego de Alcala facts for kids

Mission San Diego de Alcalá is a mission in San Diego. It is the first mission in California.

A mission is a religious community. Mission San Diego was made by the Spanish to teach the native people, the Kumeyaay, about the Catholic religion.

This mission includes a fountain, church, cemetery, priest quarters, a storage room and a workshop. This church is now a historical landmark and was restored in the 1940s. Near the fountain is now a parking lot. The original bell is outside the church, near the main entrance of the mission.

Images for kids

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  Plaque of the Mission San Diego de Alcala

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  The cattle brand used at Mission San Diego.

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  Natives utilize a primitive plow to prepare a field for planting near Mission San Diego de Alcalá.

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  A painting of Mission San Diego de Alcalá as it appeared in 1848 depicts the original campanario ("bell tower"), before it was reduced to rubble. The painting also shows the enclosed front portico.

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  The "Alemany Plat" prepared by the U.S. Land Surveyor's Office to define the property restored to the Catholic Church by the Public Land Commission, later confirmed by presidential proclamation on May 23, 1862.

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  President Abraham Lincoln's signature as it appeared on the United States Patent that restored the Mission property to the Catholic Church in 1862. This is one of the few documents that the President signed as "A. Lincoln" instead of his customary "Abraham Lincoln." 

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  Mission San Diego de Alcalá as it stood circa 1900. Note the missing Campanario, and the exposed church, which fell into disrepair.

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  Aerial view of the Mission, 2011

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In Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá para niños