Gated Mission Entrance
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Gated Mission Entrance
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
Primitive gated entrance to Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo, the largest of the San Antonio, Texas Missions.
Founded in 1720, the mission was named for Saint Joseph and the Marqués de San Miguel de Aguayo, the governor of the Province of Coahuila and Texas at the time. It was built on the banks of the San Antonio River a few miles to the south of the earlier mission, Mission San Antonio de Valero (the Alamo).
Its founder was the famouss Father Antonio Margil de Jesus, a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas.
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February 21st, 2016
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Comments (4)
Holly April Harris
This is an awesome entrance! I love the cacti covered roof! Beautiful photo… I am very pleased to feature your lovely artwork in the group ‘Covered Bridges and Historical Buildings.’ Please add it to the “2023 First Quarter Featured Image Collection” thread in the discussions area to record and display your image amongst the best in the group. Thank you! 2/4/23
Rick Davis
Hello Jurgen, Love the way the stones & Old door looks on the Old Mission! So Well Photographed! L/F
William Tasker
Fabulous! Those wood strips across the slats are called battens. It's where we get the expression, "Batten Down The Hatches." Lovely image l/f
Jurgen Lorenzen replied:
Thank you for the heads up on the Battens, William - I would have never made that connection. Second language, I guess:)
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