The San Xavier del Bac Mission is captured on a warm spring day.


The San Xavier del Bac Mission on the Tohono O'odham Indian Reservation near Tucson, Arizona is captured on a warm spring day. Nicknamed the "White Dove of the Desert," the mission has had a presence in this desert location since 1692; however, the buildings pictured here were completed in 1797.


Size: 3263px × 4928px
Location: Tucson, Arizona - United States
Photo credit: © Shelley Dennis / Alamy / Afripics
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