San Antonio Missions
National Historic Park, Texas
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I've actually been to this park twice, because a computer security conference was (is?) held annually in June in San Antonio. These were some of the earliest road trips I'd taken.
First off, the Alamo is not part of the San Antonio Missions Park. It is a Daughters of the Republic of Texas site. But it's still part of the chain of missions built along the San Antonio River.
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The missions still have active churches, making it an odd mixture of religion and government. I suppose for the same reason the American Flag isn't flown in front of Ben Franklin's post office in Philadelphia, they existed before the United States was the United States, and is granfathered into the system.
I should also point out that some sites had signs that existed in 1998 (but not in 1992), that asked to respect the church and not take pictures. The one's I have from those sites are from 1992, before the request was made...
Mission Concepcion, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Mission San Francisco, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
Mission San Jose, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
The river is normally lower, but heavy rains closed the ford in 1992.
Mission San Juan Capistrano, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
This is the last working Spanish Aqueduct remaining in the US. It was completed in 1745, and carried water to Mission Espada for irrigation.
Espada Aqueduct, San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
In 1992, the San Antonio River was high, so the ford across the river was closed. Since I didn't have a map, and was following Road signs to Mission San Francisco de la Espada, I never got to Mission San Francisco de la Espada
In 1998, the church had a significant fire, and was closed. I'm destined never to see the inside of this chapel...
Mission San Francisco de la Espada (Mission St. Francis of the Sword), San Antonio Missions National Historical Park
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I was in San Antonio twice, both times
for a computer security conference. One time it was in the Marriot, the
other time in the Hyatt, both off the Riverwalk Area.
But I probably spent more of my free time visiting the San Antonio Missions than I did in San Antonio... |
| San Antonio, Texas / 25 Images. Visited Jun 1992, Jun 1998. | |
San Antonio Missions NHP Trip Report: Jun 1992, Jun 1998.
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