Thursday, September 24, 2009

Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo

"Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission, is a Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel-by-the-Sea, California. It is part of the National Registry of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

It was the headquarters of the original Alta California Missions headed by Father Junípero Serra from 1770 until his death in 1784.

It was destroyed in the mid 1800s."
From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Carlos_Borrom%C3%A9o_de_Carmel.
Photo by Pfaffendorn

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