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Mission Nuestra Senora de la Soledad – Uses of Local Stone

(Located near Soledad, Monterey County, California)

Former Soledad Mission & Shop Grounds

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The photographs in this section are of the original site of the mission and shop areas. We began walking along through the center and then to the left side of the grounds, around the back of the grounds, and then we moved up towards the back of the present Soledad Mission Museum building and chapel. These photographs were taken in late May 2012. Peggy B. and Pat Perazzo.

According to the “Restoration and reconstruction” section of Wikipedia:  “In 1954, when the Mission Soledad restoration was begun, only piles of adobe dirt and a few wall sections from the cuadrángulo (quadrangle) remained. The chapel was reconstructed and dedicated under the auspices of the Native Daughters of the Golden West on October 9, 1955. The ruins of the quadrangle, cemetery, and some of the outer rooms, while not restored, can still be seen. Governor Arrillaga’s grave was identified and given a new marker.” You will find more information and photographs of the “Reconstruction and Archeology” on the Soledad Mission web site.

Site of the original church in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

“Site of Original Church dedicated October 9, 1791 and destroyed by floods in 1828.”

Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

 
Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

 

 

 
Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

 

 

 
Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

 

Looking back toward the Soledad Mission building
Rock structure in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Plaque Noting De Anza Expedition Rock structure in the Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CAI

 

Bronze Plate Commemorating the De Anza Expedition 1775 - 1778
(see transcripion below*)

 

*The Inscription on the plaque above reads as follows:

“Lt. Colonel Jaun Bautista De Anza by Decree of Carlos III of Spain (in center) De Anza Expedition 1775-1778 (bottom) led an expedition to this site - the mission being to colonize the San Francisco Bay Area”

Padre Florencia Ibanez' grave, Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Padre Florencia Ibanez' grave, Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA Soledad Mission, cemetery, grist mill, and Indian workshops area, Monterey Co., CA

“Padre Florencio Ibanez, as the only resident padre, he devotedly served at Mission Soledad for 15 years until his death November 26, 1818. He is the only priest buried at this mission.”

José Joaquín de Arrillaga is also buried in the Soledad Mission Cemetery.

 
Excavation Site to Right of Mission Excavation Site to Right of Mission Excavation Site to Right of MissionI

Excavation site to right of Mission

 

 

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