Mission Espada Door - 4 is a photograph by Stephen Stookey which was uploaded on May 22nd, 2015.
Mission Espada Door - 4
The unique, broken arch doorway leading into the sanctuary provides Mission Espada its signature architectural feature.... more
Title
Mission Espada Door - 4
Artist
Stephen Stookey
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Photograph - Photography
Description
The unique, broken arch doorway leading into the sanctuary provides Mission Espada its signature architectural feature.
Mission San Francisco de la Espada, founded in 1690 as San Francisco de los Tejas, is the oldest of the East Texas mission. The mission moved to its present location in 1731 with the name San Francisco de la Espada. The Spanish mission enterprise, by government/church policy sought to recreate Spanish village life. Indigenous inhabitants learned vocations from the Franciscan friars--e.g., agriculture, weaving, blacksmithing, carpentry, masonry, stone-cutting, and brick-making. [Mission Espada was the only San Antonio mission that made bricks.]
Mission Espada still retains the feel of an isolated mission on the Texas frontier. A small group of Franciscan brothers still serve the picturesque mission church.
Mission Espada is a part of the US National Park Service's San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.
The San Antonio Missions (The Alamo & San Antonio Missions National Historical Park) is an inscribed UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Stephen Stookey uses Canon cameras and lenses.
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May 22nd, 2015