San Xavier del Bac - Catholic Mission by junge1
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San Xavier del Bac is located 10 miles south of Tucson on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 1699 by the Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino. The original mission church, located about two miles away was destroyed by the Apaches in about 1770.
The present building was constructed under the direction of Franciscan Fathers Juan Bautista Velderrain and Juan Bautista Llorenz using mainly native labor from 1783 to 1797.
San Xavier is still actively served by Franciscans, and still serves the Native community by which it was built.
This picture was taken in December 1984 and later scanned.
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Sig....
Comments (31)
debbielove
It's a beautiful and very impressive looking building.. The scan has come out very well for one of such age.. Excellent.. Well done Sig.. Rob P.S. I'm putting together a post for you.. Will be up soon.. :-)