. English: Drawing of Mission San Luis Rey taken from Alfred Robinson's book, 'Life in California', California, Photograph of a drawing of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia — taken from Alfred Robinson's book, 'Life in California', page 24, California, The mission consists of the main church, a tower (at right), an arcade (at left) and smaller adjoined buildings. The facade of the church feature multicurved parapets. The tower has several decks and a dome roof. Adjacent to the church is an area (courtyard?) enclosed by a short wall. A striped flag stands in the center of the m
. English: Drawing of Mission San Luis Rey taken from Alfred Robinson's book, 'Life in California', California, Photograph of a drawing of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia — taken from Alfred Robinson's book, 'Life in California', page 24, California, The mission consists of the main church, a tower (at right), an arcade (at left) and smaller adjoined buildings. The facade of the church feature multicurved parapets. The tower has several decks and a dome roof. Adjacent to the church is an area (courtyard?) enclosed by a short wall. A striped flag stands in the center of the mission grounds in front of the arcade. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was the eighteenth mission, founded on June 13, 1798 by Father Fermin Lasuen. It was named for Louis IX, King of France (1215-1270). Nicknamed 'King of the missions', Mission San Luis Rey was the largest and most populous of all the California missions. Its buildings covered 6 acres of land, and its Native American population reached 2,700 at its peak. 'Its important location filled the critical gap between San Diego and San Juan Capistrano. It was the ninth and last mission founded by Father-President Lasuen before his death in 1803. The quick success of this mission is owed to Father Antonio Peyri, who stayed with the mission for 34 years. Not wanting to see the destruction he believed secularization would bring, he retired two years earlier and returned to Spain. Within 2 years most of the buildings were up and covered with tile roofs and work had begun on the big church that would be able to accommodate up to a thousand worshipers. Eventually even this was replaced with an even larger church with a single tower used as a lookout. With two people always stationed there, they were able to quickly announce the arrival of visitors, friendly or otherwise, and with flags were able to signal messages to the workers in the fields. Within the quadrangle was planted the first pepper tree in California, 59
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