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La Purísima Concepción
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"Cloister Doors "
Father Jerome Tupa
48 " x 59" / Oil on canvas
1998

La Purísima Concepción

Like Mission San Antonio, La Purísima Concepción is located in a remote area. Founded in 1787 by Father Fermín Lasuén, the Mission is dedicated to an idea rather than a person - the Immaculate Conception (the belief that the Virgin Mary was conceived without original sin).

In 1844, when the Spanish priests left California under orders of the king of Spain, most of the Mission buildings were abandoned or sold off. It then fell into ruins. In 1951, the entire Mission was rebuilt using original tools and construction methods. This renovation is recognized as the most complete historic renovation in the western United States. Today it is the most authentic Mission and functions as a living history park.

Click here to see the watercolor version or to see a full-screen image painting.

Other Mission La Purísima Concepción sites:
The California Missions On-Line Project, Mission La Purisima Concepcion de Maria Santisima, by Rob Garretson (1998).
La Purisima Mission by Michael Hardwick with a bit of focus on the reconstruction and dedication in 1941.
La Purisima Mission, Ted Marcus' Virtual Light Table, lovely photos, brief text. © 2001 by Ted R. Marcus.
La Purisima Mission, the official website. Includes a special section for 4th graders with a "pop quiz." La Purisima Mission State Historic Park.
La Purisima Concepción, page 1 and page 2, from the California Mission History Section: The California Mission Site. Ed. The Civic Group. 24 Sept. 1998.
Virtual Guidebook to El Camino Real, Mission La Purisima. Virtual views of the aqueduct and corral, lavanderia and cistern, beehive oven, colonnade, padre's chapel, and inside the mission church. Don Bain (author and photographer of The Virtual Guidebooks).
About.com's Mission La Purisima Concepcion is extensive with additional links to Current Pictures, Buildings and Layout, and Glossary.





First posted April, 2001.

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