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San Diego de Alcalá, the Mother of the Alta California Missions, was founded July 16, 1769 by Blessed Junípero Serra. The mission overlooks San Diego's historic Old Town.

The mission church is 135 feet long, 35 feet wide, 29 feet high, built of adobe, and has a Tile roof. Its style is simple, setting the standard for the "mission style." The front facade is plain, decorated only with a few flat ornamental columns at the side and above the entrance. Wing-like buttresses (supports), added in 1931 to strengthen it, extend from each side of the entrance. Once an arched corridor crossed the front of the original church, but has not been rebuilt. The walls are three feet thick, roughly plastered, with small windows near the ceiling. The floor of the church is made with very old adobe bricks, the benches are solid knotty wood, everything is in earthy golden colors with crimson here and there.

Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá is a very well preserved...

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