California Missions and the Mission Inn: Influences and Legacies
Pope Alexander VI Head of the Catholic Church
Father Junípero Serra established the first California Mission, San Diego de Alcalá.
Missions were built with adobe and brick and featured arches, bells, tile roofs, and simple lines.
Mission San Antonio de Padua
Mission San Carlos Borroméo de Carmelo
Mission San Juan Capistrano
Riverside resident Frank A. Miller and his hotel, the Mission Inn.
What do the words “inspired” and “idealized” mean?
Do you think the St. Francis Atrio looks like part of a California Mission?
Can you spot any influences of Mission Style in these images of the Mission Inn? What looks the same as the real Missions you saw earlier?
What about this image? What looks the same as the real Missions you saw earlier?