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San Antonio, United States

Mission San Francisco de la Espada

San Antonio, United States

Mission San Francisco de la Espada
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Mission San Francisco de la Espada is a Spanish Colonial mission station in San Antonio, Texas, established by Spain in 1690 and relocated to its present site in 1731. It was built to convert local Native Americans to Christianity and to solidify Spanish territorial claims against French encroachment. Today it is one of four missions comprising San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.

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Type
mission station
Heritage
part of UNESCO World Heritage Site, National Register of Historic Places listed place
Place
San Antonio, United States

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29.31780, -98.45000