Mission San Gabriel Archangel - by Landry

Mission San Gabriel Archangel is near the San Gabriel mountains in Southern California. 

In front of the mission is a statue of Father Junipero Serra who helped build the missions. 

 

The mission was made in September 8, 1771. Someone made a replica of the mission - probably a 4th grader. 

The fountain in this mission is different than some of the other mission fountains.

All missions have a cross with Jesus on it.

This mission is famous for its grapevines that are over 100 years old. 

The church of this mission is very decorated.

Here are all of the priests that have died and are buried under the floor. 

The doors the people used were shorter than some of the other doors.

This is some fourth grade information written by a student who studied here. 

A statue of Father Serra is in the courtyard.

By Landry 

Mission Santa Barbara - by Landry

Santa Barbara has a very big mission.

Here is a replica of the mission.

The fig tree in the mission is there because they needed food.

Someone's stone where they were buried is shaped like a room.

This church has a lot of colors.

By Landry 

Mission Santa Barbara - by Kennedy

Mission Santa Barbara is located in Santa Barbara. I like this mission because of how there are bright colors.

In this church, there are bright colored statues and crosses.

This is a rock statue with statues of Catholics.

In the cemetery there are a lot of crosses.

This girl died when she wasn't even one year old. This mission had a very large cemetery where many children were buried. 

La Purisima Concepcion - by Kennedy

La Purisima Mission is located in Central Californua in a town called Lompoc. 

This is the only mission not in the shape of a quadrangle. A few years after the original mission was built, they moved it to this location so it was easier to get to. 

The land at this mission was very dry as you can see in the pictures. 

In the picture above, you can see a cowhide drying in the sun like they used to 200 years ago. 

Inside the church, there were no rows of benches known as pews. 

The soldiers used to live in these rope-made beds. 

Two churches are at La Purisima. I notice this church doesn't have as many Catholic decorations. 

You can see in this picture how the missions were made. They were made with adobe and brick and covered with plaster. The steel beams were used after the earthquake when parts of the mission were repaired. 

This replica of a room was used by military men in the 1800s. 

This is a picture of me in a hut at the mission. Indians lived here. In the picture below, this bigger hut didn't have as many holes in it. 

Mission Santa Inez - by Kennedy

Mission Santa Inez is located in Solvang, a Damish town in Central California. 

The map shows what part of the world was controlled by Spain, France, Potugal and England.   Also, all of the Missions are shown on the California map.

These are robes that the priests wore. Mission Santa Inez has more clothing from priests than any other mission. 

Inside the church there are crosses with Jesus.

The wolf of Gubio is in this shrine.

The alter has pretty pictures, statues, chairs, crosses and candles.

There were many cactus in the garden.  This cactus had lots of sharp needles.

Mission San Juan Capistrano - Kennedy

This area used to be the church but when an earthquake happened the church fell apart and this is the part that had stayed up.

These are old bells that stayed together from the earthquake.

So far this is the only church that has this much gold colored.

These fish are near each other because there was a little boy feed them fish food.

In this courtyard there is a lot of beautiful flowers.

We are setlars.

Mission Santa Inez - by Landry

Mission Santa Inez is the mission in Solvang. It has three bells.

All of the bells are metal.

This altar has a dog in it along with Jesus. 

The mission was made of adobe, clay, and straw.

The cemetery is behind the main building.

The courtyard has a fountain in the middle.

A special person got a stone in the cemetery. His name was Daniel Hill and he lived to be 68 years old. most of the people buried in this cemetery were very young. 

What I like about this church is that it has a lot of colors.

By Landry