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Caption: Santa Inéz On a mission
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Caption: Mission Santa Inés was founded Sept. 17, 1804 by Padre Estévan Tápis.
The mission is located in Solvang, California.
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Caption: The Chumash name for present-day Solvang is Alajlapu.
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Caption: The inner garden Tucked behind the church, Mission Santa Inéz's garden was designed in its current shape of a Celtic cross with a fountain at its center in 1926 by the Capuchin Franciscans.
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Caption: The mission has maintained a garden since its early days.
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Caption: On a day trip to Solvang, my friend and I made our last stop — at Mission Santa Inés. It was a Friday in May, and the parish was celebrating a confirmation. Los Angeles Archbishop José Gomez presided at the service.
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Caption: Behind the belltower The first burial at the mission cemetery was Jan. 23, 1805 and the last in 1975.
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Caption: The cross was made from excess concrete used for the 1912 rebuilding of the mission belltower.
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Caption: The chapel of the Madonnas
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Caption: The chapel was not original but added during restoration efforts around the time of the mission's 150th anniversary.
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Caption: You
are now entering the
MISSION CHURCH.
Please enter with
reverence.
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Caption: The Mission of the Passes
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The Hidden Gem of the Missions
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Caption: www.missionsantainez.org
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