San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

South of the city centre, but still within the boundaries of San Antonio, are four other Spanish mission stations founded between 1718 and 1740. They now form part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park and can be visited by following the signposted Mission Trail. They are the Mission San Juan Capistrano (1731), the Mission San Concepción (1731-52), the best preserved Franciscan mission in Texas, the Mission San Francisco de la Espada (1731-40) and the "queen of missions", the Mission San Jose y San Miguel de Aguayo (1720-31), with a beautiful church doorway and carved sacristy window ("Rosa's Window"), Indian huts and corn stores.

Picture - Bells on Mission San Juan in San Antonio Missions National Historic Park, Texas.

Picture - Window in San Antonio Mission, Texas.

Picture - View through a window at the San Antonio Mission.

Picture - One of the bells on Mission Concepcion in San Antonio Missions National Historic Park.

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Official site: www.nps.gov/saan/

Address: 2202 Roosevelt Avenue, San Antonio, TX 78210-4919, United States

Opening hours: 9am-5pm

Always closed on: New Year's Day (Jan 1), Thanksgiving - USA (4th Thursday, Nov), Christmas - Christian (Dec 25)

Entrance fee: FREE

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Picture - Mission Concepcion in San Antonio Missions National Historic Park, Texas.

Picture - Stone window on a mission in San Antonio Missions National Historic Park.

Picture - Entrance to cathedral in in San Antonio Missions National Historic Park.

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San Juan Capistrano made its permanent home on the banks of the San Antonio River in 1731. The mission became a supplier of agricultural and other products including iron, wood, cloth, and leather goods produced by the Indians in its workshops.

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