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Mission San Xavier del Bac

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Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac
Phone:
+1 520-294-2624

Address:
1950 W San Xavier Rd, Tucson, AZ 85746, USA

Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino in the center of a centuries-old Indian settlement of the Sobaipuri O'odham who were a branch of the Akimel or River O'odham, located along the banks of the Santa Cruz River. The mission was named for Francis Xavier, a Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus in Europe. The original church was built to the north of the present Franciscan church. This northern church or churches served the mission until being razed during an Apache raid in 1770. Today's Mission was built between 1783-1797; it is the oldest European structure in Arizona; the labor was provided by the O'odham. An outstanding example of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States, it hosts some 200,000 visitors each year.The site is also known in the O'odham language as goes in or comes in: meaning where the water goes in, as the water in the Santa Cruz came up to the surface a couple of miles south of Martinez HIll and then submerged again near Los Reales Wash. The Santa Cruz River that used to run year round in this section, once critical to the community's survival, now runs only part of the year. The Mission is a pilgrimage site, with thousands visiting each year on foot and on horseback, some among ceremonial cavalcades, or cabalgatas in Spanish.
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