Mission San Gabriel Arcángel
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Mission San Gabriel Arcángel is a historic Spanish Catholic mission founded in 1771 near present-day Los Angeles, known for its distinctive Moorish-style architecture and central role in early California colonization.
Statements (50)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Roman Catholic mission
ⓘ
Spanish mission in California ⓘ historic site ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs | San Gabriel Mission ⓘ |
| architecturalStyle |
Moorish Revival
ⓘ
Spanish Colonial ⓘ |
| associatedIndigenousGroup |
Gabrieleño
ⓘ
Tongva ⓘ |
| builder |
Franciscan Order
ⓘ
surface form:
Franciscan friars
|
| CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber | 161 ⓘ |
| constructedWithLaborOf | Tongva people ⓘ |
| coordinateLatitude | 34.096 ⓘ |
| coordinateLongitude | -118.108 ⓘ |
| country |
United States of America
ⓘ
surface form:
United States
|
| currentUse |
museum
ⓘ
parish church ⓘ |
| dedicatedTo |
Gabriel
ⓘ
surface form:
Archangel Gabriel
|
| foundedInCentury | 18th century ⓘ |
| founder |
Angel Fernández de la Somera
ⓘ
Junípero Serra ⓘ Pedro Benito Cambón ⓘ |
| foundingDate | 1771-09-08 ⓘ |
| governingBody | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles ⓘ |
| hasCemetery | Mission San Gabriel cemetery ⓘ |
| hasMuseumCollection | mission-era artifacts and religious art ⓘ |
| heritageDesignation | California Historical Landmark ⓘ |
| historicalRole |
agricultural and ranching center
ⓘ
center of Spanish colonization in Southern California ⓘ religious conversion center for Indigenous peoples ⓘ |
| listedOn | National Register of Historic Places ⓘ |
| locatedIn |
California, United States
ⓘ
surface form:
California
Los Angeles County ⓘ
surface form:
Los Angeles County, California
San Gabriel, California, United States ⓘ
surface form:
San Gabriel, California
Southern California ⓘ |
| namedAfter |
Gabriel
ⓘ
surface form:
Archangel Gabriel
|
| notableFeature |
campanario-style bell wall
ⓘ
fortress-like stone façade ⓘ thick buttressed walls ⓘ walled garden and courtyard ⓘ |
| NRHPListingDate | 1971 ⓘ |
| NRHPReferenceNumber | 71000142 ⓘ |
| orderInMissionChain | 4 ⓘ |
| originalLocation | near present-day Montebello, California ⓘ |
| partOf |
California mission chain
ⓘ
El Camino Real (California) ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| relocatedTo | present site in San Gabriel, California ⓘ |
| relocationDate | 1775 ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
damaged by 1812 earthquake
ⓘ
major fire on July 11, 2020 ⓘ |
Referenced by (9)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
subject surface form:
San Gabriel, California
subject surface form:
San Gabriel, California