Mission San Luis Obispo de Tolosa

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MISSION SAN LUIS OBISPO DE TOLOSA Mission San Luis Obispo de tolosa is a Spanish mission founded in 1772 by father junipero Serra. These are some of the nicknames of this mission prince of the missions, mission in the valley of the bears, the accidental mission. But let’s get back to the mission. If you didn’t know this is a church. The mission church of San Luis Obispo is unusual in its design in that its combination of belfry and vestibule is found nowhere else among the California missions. The main nave is short and narrow (as is the case with other mission churches), but at San Luis Obispo there is a secondary nave of almost equal size situated to the right of the altar, making this the only “L” _ shaped mission church among all of the California missions. The mission church today is a parish church of the diocese of Monterey. Father Serra sent an expedition down south to San Luis Obispo to start building the mission. On September 1, 1772 a cross was erected near San Luis Obispo creek and father junipero Serra celebrated the first mass, marking the site as the destination for yet another mission. However, briefly following the first mass, father junipero Serra returned to San Diego and left the responsibility of the mission’s construction to father Jose cavaller. Father cavaller, five soldiers and two neophytes began building what is now mission San Luis Obispo de tolosa. Father cavaller received help in the building of the mission from the local friendly natives, the Chumash Indians. The Chumash helped construct palisades, which would serve as temporary buildings for the mission. However due to several Indian tribes which were determined to get rid of European settlers, they set these buildings ablaze. Because of this, father cavaller was forced to rebuild the buildings using adobe and tile structures. In 1970 the mission “was recognized as the center of the

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