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Mission San Diego De Alcala Mission San Diego De Alcala Founded in 6/16/1769 Founded by Father Junipero Serra Founded by Father Junipero Serra The 1st mission made

The mission is located 15 The mission is located 15 miles north of the

California Mexico border 8 miles from the pacific 8 miles from the pacific

ocean on a high hill

The mission’s nick name was mother of the The mission s nick name was mother of the missions

Named after saint Didacus or Alcala

Founded i 1769

Mission was

The roofs

Dam

built to Mission 22 acres of land in 1769 attacked were

replaced with

tile

built to provide water

secularized

of land returned

The E th kmission

moved on a river

Church

rebuilt

Earthquake

damaged mission

Final church built

Buildings

occupiedriver

The mission church was 135 feet long and 35 feet gwide with a tile roof and the rest of it was made of adobe

The mission was a presidiop All the roofs were made of tile the walls are made

of adobe All the buildings were made of a adobe All the buildings were made of a adobe The bell tower has 5 bells and a cross on the top The mission was used for a fort and a Indian

h lschool The aqueduct at the mission was fed surface run

off

Saint named after Didacus Alcala An 8.5 earthquake all most destroyed the mission.q y No one was there until Father Junipero Serra came Didacus Alcala came with Father Serra It was used as a native American school Each bad event that happened usually killed 50 people Each bad event that happened usually killed 50 people Grounds were crowded and busy with work Order in mission chain is 1 Order in mission chain is 1

The men from Mexico went to the missions and told them how to work with metal and wood

At the mission the blacksmith usually made il h hi l k d nails, hammers, axes , saws, hinges, locks and

keys One of the best blacksmith was at San One of the best blacksmith was at San

Fernando Rey Mission Santa Barbara was the best at making g

boats There was hardly any metal at the missions Pine, sycamore, and oak is what they used for

rafters

The mission is like how it use to look like The mission is like how it use to look like because they put it back together and more than 2,000 people go to its church

They use the church a lot so it gets more populated