San Antonio de PaduaMission # 3

By: Isabella Jones

History of San Antonio de Padua

*Father Junipero Serra found the mission

*Mission compound is located 23 miles SW of King City (off highway 101)

*The mission was founded on July 14, 1771

Daily Life At San Antonio de Padua

• Indians , Native Americans, Padres and soldiers lived at mission.

• They helped build a storehouse, chapel and rooms for padres and soldiers.

Special Features

*There were rooms for padres• The indians helped

build the church, so they could do prayer

• Something unique about San Antonio de Padua is that so many people worked hard to make it look good.

• Fray Juipero Serra hung the bell in an oak tree in the seclulded valley.

• Most of all the buildings are made out of adobe bricks.

• They made the cementary 153x125 ft. surrounded by a high thick wall of stone, topped with adobe.

HISTORIC HIGHLIGHTS

Mission TodayMission San Antonio de Padua looks like a small town today. It is one of the best restored out of all the missions.