CALIFORNIA MISSIONS MAP ARCHIVE

The 'Man in the Field' Carmel MissionThe 'man in the field' photograph, taken before 1936, shows the pointed roof on the church.

CALIFORNIA MISSIONS MAP ARCHIVE

The Santa Barbara Mission Archive Library has a full set of the Deakin mission paintings. Mission Carmel 1899Mission Carmel by Edward Deakin in 1899. From a print in the collection of the California Missions Resource Center. Mission Carmel Church After a Roof Collapse 1853A view of the church interior after the roof collapsed in 1853. Mission Carmel ChurchThe Mission Carmel Church drawn by Henry Sandham in 1883, from a print in the collection of the California Missions Resource Center. Mission San Carlos BorroméoBy Edward Vischer - 1861. The de Young Museum in San Francisco has originals of all of the Day paintings, not all of which have been restored. Mission Carmel by Oriana Day (1838-1886)Mission Carmel. The painter was an officer in the French Navy Expedition that circumnavigated the globe in the years 1837-1840. Lithograph of Mission CarmelA lithograph of Mission Carmel from the rear based on an 1837 painting made by Francois-Edmond Paris. Originally published 1839 in A History of Lower and Upper California by Alexander Forbes, and subsequently colorized. Mission San Carlos Borroméo and the Bay of CarmelA lithograph of a painting by William Smyth, 1827. San Carlos Borroméo 1826San Carlos Borroméo, after a painting by Richard R. A stunning final Carmel Church would not be completed and dedicated for another five (5) years. Based on a drawing by John Sykes, colorized © 2015 Pentacle Press LLC. Carmel Mission 1792The Carmel Mission in 1792.

From an original painting by Gaspard Duche de Vaney. La Perouse Greeted at Mission San Carlos Borroméo in 1786La Perouse is greeted in 1786 at Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Monterey (the name by which the mission was known in the mission era). Serra were found during the mission restoration.įather Serra Saying First Mass in Monterey in 1770Father Serra Saying First Mass in Monterey in 1770, by Leon Trousset.

The second (rear) courtyard contains the original mission fountain and a large wooden cross, recreated on the site where fragments of the cross erected by Fr.

Serra and three other pioneer missionaries.

One of the most popular mission attractions is the elaborate Serra Memorial Cenotaph (a monument not a tomb), sculpted by Jo Mora in 1924.

The first two Father-Presidents of the mission, Junípero Serra and Fermin Francisco de Lasuen are buried side by side near the sanctuary of the mission.

The interior of the church has been extensively restored.

You enter the church from the front courtyard.

The front courtyard also offers a good view of the mission's two dissimilar bell towers, one with a Moorish-style dome.The curator who guided the mission restoration for almost five decades (Sir Harry Downie) and his wife are buried in the cemetery. The mission cemetery is on the side of the church.You begin your tour in the front courtyard, which contains an inviting fountain, and a statue of Junípero Serra, the founder of the mission.This gives you a panoramic view of Mission Carmel. One of the best views of this mission is from the elevated pathway on the far right of the large parking area in front of the mission.

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