Mission San Luis de Apalachee

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Mission San Luis de Apalachee is a reconstructed 17th-century Spanish Franciscan mission and Apalachee Indian village in present-day Tallahassee, Florida, that serves as a living history site interpreting colonial and Native American life.


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Predicate Object
instanceOf Franciscan mission
Spanish mission
historic site
living history museum
abandoned 1704
affiliation Spanish Empire
archaeologicalExcavations yes
associatedWithEthnicGroup Apalachee people
Spanish colonists
category Living history museums in Florida
Native American history of Florida
Spanish colonial architecture in Florida
country United States
destroyedBy Spanish and Apalachee inhabitants (self-destruction to prevent capture)
destroyedDuring Queen Anne's War
focusesOn Apalachee Indian culture
Spanish colonial life
founded circa 1656
function administrative center
military outpost
religious center
trade center
governingBody State of Florida
hasReconstructionOf Apalachee council house
Spanish and Apalachee dwellings
Spanish fort
mission church
heritageDesignation National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Historic Landmark District
heritageDesignationDate 1960
locatedIn Florida
Leon County, Florida NERFINISHED
Tallahassee, Florida
United States
near Florida State Capitol (Tallahassee)
offers costumed interpreters
educational programs
guided tours
openToPublic yes
operator Florida Department of State
partOf Spanish Florida
Spanish missions in Florida
reconstructedAs living history site
religion Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Franciscans
servesAs archaeological site
educational site
museum
timePeriod 17th century

Referenced by (3)
Subject (surface form when different) Predicate
Tallahassee
hasLandmark
Spanish conquest of Florida ("Apalachee missions")
hasPart
Mission San Luis de Apalachee ("Apalachee council house")
hasReconstructionOf

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