This is one of five missions along the mission trail in San Antonio. The San Antonio mission is better known as the Alamo. Much more information about the missions on the national park service website.
The stone church at Mission Concepcion was dedicated in 1755.
Had there not been a wedding in progress we could have gone inside the church. We were hardly dressed for a wedding. This is the oldest unrestored church in America.
Some of the original frescos are still visible in some of the rooms.
From town one could ride the trolley to the mission. We even have a senior pass good for four years. We pay .25 to ride.
The other mission we visited was San Jose. We arrived just as the visitor's center closed but still got to take a quick look.
I can only imagine how busy this place would have been 200 years ago. Perhaps the aroma of bread would have filled the air.
This is the "Queen of the Missions," the largest which has been almost fully restored. Spanish missions were not churches, but communities, with the church as the center of the community.
This is the area where the missionaries would have lived.
Nobody knows why this is called the Rose Window. There are several theories.
The WPA did a lot of restoration work in the 1930s. I am most impressed by the stonework.
It certainly reminds me of European churches.
It would not take much wood to heat this small room. The doorways are really short as the people were shorter then.
These wall surrounded the mission to protect them from attacks by Apache and Comanches.
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