Mission San José
by Dianna 
21.10.2007 at 19:31h
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.
Its founder was the famed Father Antonio Margil de Jesús,
a very prominent Franciscan missionary in early Texas. Mission San Jose is an active parish.
San José, as it became known, was the largest of the missions in the area.
At its height, the community contained about 300 Indian neophytes sustained by extensive fields and herds of livestock.
It became known as the "Queen of the Missions".
Its imposing complex of stone walls, bastions, granary, and magnificent church was completed in 1782.
Mission San José has become a lasting symbol throughout the centuries for the mission frontier in Texas.
Comments:
To leave a comment please register firstInez Soares, 21.10.2007 at 19:34h
beautiful docu. photo Dianna. . soft light and very nice presentation.
thank you
Anca Silvia B., 21.10.2007 at 19:35h
This looks like a very postcard .
Beautiful,Dianna.
Cheers,Anca
Harold Thompson, 21.10.2007 at 19:42h
Good shot of the Mission and the history of it. Interesting.
Greeting Harold
Theo Weijmer, 21.10.2007 at 20:13h
Post card like capture Diana, excellent composition and wonderful light.
Greetings Theo
aw masry , 21.10.2007 at 20:57h
Beautiful scene !!
Nicely tone and angle.
Best regards - aw masry
SUE THOMPSON, 21.10.2007 at 21:27h
Lovely shot of the mission, it looks a very peaceful place :))
Sue
BRYAN CRUTE, 21.10.2007 at 21:27h
Good series of historical interest pictures.
Nice work Dianna.
Regards
Bryan
E-Punkt , 21.10.2007 at 22:47h
It's beautifully done with the plant in front of
the photo.
Reganrds, Elfi
Ilidio Fernandes , 22.10.2007 at 0:39h
Wonderful shot , very beautiful place.
Stefan Mosley, 22.10.2007 at 1:26h
Beautiful photo and post processing.
Stefan
Alfred Spectrum, 22.10.2007 at 3:09h
Wonderful postcard, I like the frame too.
Best regards,
Alfred.
Dennis Maloney, 22.10.2007 at 4:15h
Great image and story of the Mission....lived there for many years and never visited the missions, sounds like a weekend job for sure ....:-}))) ...greetings, den
Matthias Moritz, 22.10.2007 at 5:26h
I love Texan history!
Well executed composing and presentation, Dianna
Bernd S... , 22.10.2007 at 6:47h
A beautiful pic and very interesting informations.
Cheers, Bernd
Cees Kuijs, 22.10.2007 at 7:43h
Well composed, Dianna. Good presentation as well.
But I think there could be some more details overall in it :-))
Greetings, Cees
Perry Blevins , 22.10.2007 at 21:27h
Nice capture of San Jose. I was there the last time I traveled to SA on vacation. I like to visit all of the missions there and especially the Alamo. Thanks for sharing Dianna. Looking forward to more of your pictures.
Best wishes,
Perry
Mike Greaves, 22.10.2007 at 21:29h
Very classy shot Dianna and a detailed description too!
If i remember from the song,didn't Don Carlos dwell within?;-))) or am i getting mixed up with another mission?
Best wishes Mike
Andrej Nagode, 22.10.2007 at 21:43h
Very good image and story, Diana.
Thanks.
Best wishes
Andrejc
Fred Camphausen, 23.10.2007 at 4:24h
Hi Dianna: You have a beautiful picture, I like it. Peace, Campy
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Biella , 16.11.2007 at 9:30h
Wonderful!
I like the simplicity of the spanish missions!
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I travelled around in the Southwest several times...
Klaus
Andreas Wellnitz , 8.02.2008 at 15:11h
Hi Dianna,beautiful Docu,Gr. Andreas!
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