Bright bougainvillea flowers surround a statue of Spanish missionary Junipero Serra embracing a young Indian boy, a 1914 monument by American artist Tole Van Rensaalar in the courtyard of Mission San Juan Capistrano in Orange County, California, USA. The fabled Franciscan friar founded the mission in 1776, the seventh of 21 California missions established up and down the state to expand Spain’s territory and convert the Native Americans to Christianity. Father Serra was canonized as a Catholic saint by Pope Francis in 2015.
Bright bougainvillea flowers surround a statue of Spanish missionary Junipero Serra embracing a young Indian boy, a 1914 monument by American artist Tole Van Rensaalar in the courtyard of Mission San Juan Capistrano in Orange County, California, USA. The fabled Franciscan friar founded the mission in 1776, the seventh of 21 California missions established up and down the state to expand Spain’s territory and convert the Native Americans to Christianity. Father Serra was canonized as a Catholic saint by Pope Francis in 2015. Behind the century-old Serra statue is a wall remaining from the mission's Old Stone Church that was destroyed by an earthquake in 1812. It adjoins the Bell Wall with mission church bells that date to 1796 and 1804.
Size: 3800px × 2381px
Location: 26801 Ortega Highway, San Juan Capistrano, Orange County, California, USA
Photo credit: © Michele and Tom Grimm / Alamy / Afripics
License: Licensed
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