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 San Buenaventura
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"Bent Tower "
Father Jerome Tupa
46 " x 38" / Oil on canvas
1998

San Buenaventura

San Buenaventura, founded in 1782 in what is today downtown Ventura, California, was the last Mission founded by Father Junipero Serra and was among the most prosperous, due in part to a seven-mile irrigation canal.

Built by the padres and the local Chumash Indians, the canal brought abundant water supplies to the Mission grounds. Many ships stopped at the nearby harbor to take on supplies of fresh fruits and vegetables.

Following a renovation that radically altered the original design, the church was restored so that today it is an approximate replica of the original.

See the and photograph of San Buenaventura or click on the painting on the left to see a full-screen image.
More San Buenaventura links:
California Mission History and More California Mission History from the The California Mission Site. Ed. The Civic Group. 24 Sept. 1998
A report by a student named Cody, THE MISSION BY THE SEA, which has great photos and diagrams. El Marino Language School, 4th grade, Sra Campos, 1998. http://www.athanasius.com/camission/ventura.htm
Mission San Buenaventura by Athanasius Schaefer. Many photos and a lot of text.
Rob Garretson's California Missions On-Line Project, Mission San Buenaventura, includes phots and assessment quiz, 1998.
Mission San Buenaventura by Miss Griffith's fourth grade class, 2000-2001, Newhall Elementary School, Newhall, CA.. Pretty slick photo essay.





First posted April, 2001.

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