Mission San Luis Rey de Francia

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Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is a historic Spanish Franciscan mission in present-day Oceanside, California, renowned as one of the largest and most architecturally significant of the California missions.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Roman Catholic mission
Spanish mission in California
historic site
addedToNRHP 1972-04-15
alsoKnownAs King of the Missions
architecturalStyle Mission Revival
surface form: Mission Revival (restorations)

Spanish Colonial
builder Native American labor under Franciscan direction
CaliforniaHistoricalLandmarkNumber 239
category National Historic Landmarks in California
Spanish missions in San Diego County, California
coordinateLocation 33.255°N 117.303°W
country United States of America
currentUse museum
parish church
retreat center
distanceTo approximately 5 miles from the Pacific Ocean
foundedBy Fermín Francisco de Lasuén
foundingDate 1798-06-13
governingBody Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego
hasPart campanario (bell wall)
cemetery
convento (mission quadrangle)
courtyard
mission church
museum complex
hasWebsite https://www.sanluisrey.org/
heritageDesignation California Historical Landmark
National Historic Landmark
historicalEra Mexican secularization period
Alta California (Spanish colony)
surface form: Spanish colonial period in California
locatedIn Alta California (Spanish colony)
surface form: Alta California (historical)

California, United States
surface form: California

Oceanside, California, United States
surface form: Oceanside, California

San Diego County
surface form: San Diego County, California
namedAfter Louis IX of France
notableFeature lavanderia (historic laundry)
octagonal mortuary chapel
one of the largest California mission church buildings
NRHPReferenceNumber 72000225
openToPublic yes
partOf California mission chain
religion Roman Catholicism
surface form: Roman Catholic Church
religiousOrder Franciscan Order
restored late 19th century
restoredBy Franciscan Order
secularized 1830s
sequenceInCaliforniaMissions 18
touristAttraction yes

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Luiseño people associatedMission Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Oceanside hasCulturalAttraction Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Oceanside hasFeature Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Spanish missions in California hasPart Mission San Luis Rey de Francia
Luiseño people namedAfter Mission San Luis Rey de Francia