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ISBN-10: 1156836824
ISBN-13: 9781156836828
Edition: 2010
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Please note that the content of this book primarily consists of articles available from Wikipedia or other free sources online. Pages: 40. Chapters: Mission San Juan Capistrano, Edible schoolyard, Harold Lloyd Estate, Hearst Castle, Wattles Mansion, Norton Simon Museum, The Huntington Library, Rancho Los Alamitos, Greystone Mansion, Orcutt Ranch Horticulture Center, Huntington Desert Garden, Lotusland, Filoli, Exposition Park Rose Garden, Virginia Robinson Gardens, Japanese Tea Garden, Casa del Herrero, Allied Arts Guild, Zoro Garden Nudist Colony, Berkeley Rose Garden, Ruth Bancroft Garden, Balboa Park Gardens, Blake Garden, Harland Hand Memorial Garden, Franklin D. Murphy Sculpture… Garden, Storrier-Stearns Japanese Garden, Morcom Rose Garden, Alice Keck Park Memorial Gardens. Excerpt: Mission San Juan Capistrano was a Spanish mission in Southern California, located in present-day San Juan Capistrano. It was founded on All Saints Day November 1, 1776, by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order. Named for Giovanni da Capistrano, a 15th century theologian and "warrior priest" who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782; known alternately as "Serra's Chapel" and "Father Serra's Church," it is the only extant structure where it has been documented that the padre Junipero Serra celebrated mass. One of the best known of the Alta California missions (and one of the few missions to have actually been founded twice-others being Mission San Gabriel Arcangel and Mission La Purisima Concepcion)-the site was originally consecrated on October 30, 1775, by Father Fermin Lasuen, but was quickly abandoned due to unrest among the indigenous population in San Diego. The success of the settlement is evident in its historical records. Prior to the arrival of the missionaries, some 550 natives were scattered throughout the local area; by 1790, the number ...