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| Landmark #243 | San Diego County | Visited: June 23, 2013 | Plaque? YES! 🙂 |
| What is it? | This asistencia is still serving the community! |
| What makes it historical? | THE GUIDE SAYS: Notable for its bell tower, or campanile, the chapel was built by Father Peyrí in 1816. Almost destroyed by earthquake and storm, it was later restored. (This mission was founded as a sub-mission of San Luis Rey de Francia.)
OTHER TIDBITS: This asistencia is one of three built in the San Diego area to support Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (the other two being Flores and Ysabel)! The goal was to tend to, a.k.a. control more of the inland populations. San Antonio de Pala never attained full mission status because it didn’t have a resident priest, but even taking that into account, it’s still the only mission building to have been in continuous service since its founding! That’s because it was so far away from main transportation routes that developers didn’t see the point of pillaging it! |
| How can I Help the Helpers? | HERE’S HOW:
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| Where is this place? | LISTED DIRECTIONS: Site:
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From Los Angeles: ~96mi (155km) — 1.6hrs |
| When should I go? | Masses are held weekdays at 8:00 AM, Saturdays at 5:00 PM, and Sundays at 8:00 AM and 11:30 AM! |
