San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores) Mission Photos

The California mission at San Francisco, founded 1776, is one of the most elegant of the missions both inside & out. A Baroque church next door dates from 1918 & 1926. It is a major tourist stop.

See also: Mission Dolores Basilica Stained Glass Windows, California Missions, San Francisco & Bay Area
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Mission San Francisco de Asis (Mission Dolores) (1776) which has adobe walls 4 ft thick, except for the front wall which is 10 ft thick.
On National Register.

Mission Dolores bells (1792-7) cast in Mexico.

Mission Dolores old & new churches.

Chapel interior with wooden beams painted in vegetable dyes by Ohlone Indians in Mission Dolores. Style: Spanish Baroque.

Altar of Mission Dolores.

Altar of Mission Dolores with Archangel St. Michael in center.

Left side altar (c 1810) of Mission Dolores.

San Juan Capistrano, who preached the crusades, from left side altar of Mission Dolores.

San Jose (St. Joseph), foster father of Jesus & patron of all California missions, from left side altar of Mission Dolores.

San Buenaventura (St. Bonaventure), a Franciscan Minister General & Cardinal, from left side altar of Mission Dolores.

Right side altar (c 1810) of Mission Dolores.

San Francisco Solano, a 16th c missionary to Peru, from right side altar of Mission Dolores.

St. Anthony of Padua (San Antonio) from right side altar of Mission Dolores.

San Pasqual Baylon, a shepherd who became a master of theology, from right side altar of Mission Dolores.

Statue of St. Francis of Assisi with crucifix (c 1920) in Mission Dolores chapel.

Replica of original baptismal font in Mission Dolores chapel.

Mission Dolores chapel outer adobe wall & cemetery.

Mission Dolores chapel outer adobe wall & cemetery tombstones & cast iron fences.

Mission Dolores cemetery tombstones of child who died in 1859.

Mission Dolores cemetery tombstones.

Mission Dolores cemetery tombstones of man & woman mourning under a weeping willow.

Parish church or Basilica of Mission Dolores (1918).
Style: California Mission style. Architect: Frank T. Shea & John O. Lofquist.

Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Basilica of Mission Dolores Baroque decorations (1926). Style: Baroque. Architect: Henry Minton.

Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Central dome of Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Interior of Basilica of Mission Dolores.

Horn playing angels in stained glass at Mission Dolores.

String playing angels in stained glass at Mission Dolores.

Padre Junipero Serra (1713-84) founder of the California mission system in stained glass at Mission Dolores.

Padre Francisco Palou (1722-89) founder of Mission San Francisco de Asis in stained glass at Mission Dolores. Mission Dolores Basilica Stained Glass Windows

San Carlos Borromeo & San Diego de Alcala missions in stained glass at Mission Dolores.


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