Mission San Jose Frescoes
by Jurgen Lorenzen
Title
Mission San Jose Frescoes
Artist
Jurgen Lorenzen
Medium
Photograph - Photography
Description
This view shows Catholic symbolism in the original frescoes at Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo. 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 Father Antonio Margil de Jesus, a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas.
San José, as it became known, was the largest of the missions in the area. At its height, the community contained about 350 Indian neophytes, sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock. Viewed as the model among the Texas missions, San José gained a reputation as a major social and cultural center. It became known as the "Queen of the Missions." Its imposing complex of stone walls, bastions, granary, and magnificent church was completed by 1782.
Mission San Jose is an active parish and a National Historic Park. Visitors are welcome to attend mass on Sundays.
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December 29th, 2015
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