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Mission Santa Clara de Asís

Santa Clara, Italy

Mission Santa Clara de Asís

The eighth Franciscan California mission, founded by Father Serra. Originally located nearer to the Guadalupe River, it was moved to its present location in 1828 and restored in 1929. It is the only mission on a university campus. In front of the church, see the hitching ring and step for dismountin

g from a carriage; peer through the fence into the rose garden on the north side of the church; measure the life-sized statue of Fr. Serra, stroll along the walkway covered with gnarled wisteria vines, into the Mission Gardens with the giant sago palm, Sacred Heart Statue, adobe wall (with a hole for cooking), grinding stone.

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