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San Gabriel (Spanish for "St. Gabriel") is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census , the population was 39,718. San Gabriel was founded by the Spanish in 1771, when Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was established by Saint Junípero Serra .
San Gabriel is a city located in the San Gabriel Valley of Los Angeles County, California. At the 2010 census, the population was 39,718. At the 2010 census, the population was 39,718. San Gabriel was founded by the Spanish in 1771, when Mission San Gabriel Arcángel was established by Saint Junípero Serra.
Mission San Gabriel Arcángel (Spanish: Misión de San Gabriel Arcángel) is a Californian mission and historic landmark in San Gabriel, California. It was founded by the Spanish Empire on "The Feast of the Birth of Mary ," September 8, 1771, as the fourth of what would become twenty-one Spanish missions in California . [ 10 ]
It lies in the San Gabriel Valley, east of downtown Los Angeles. Mission San Gabriel Arcángel, founded in 1771 by Father Junípero Serra and the fourth in the California chain of 21 missions, was moved 4.5 miles (7 km) to its present site in 1775. The fortresslike mission church, which resembles the Córdoba Mosque in Spain, formed the nucleus ...
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Nov 1, 2023 · The San Gabriel Arcángel Mission was the fourth of twenty-one missions established in Alta California by the Spanish. Founded by Father Junípero Serra, the mission was originally located near the native village of Shevaanga. Due to floods and the proximity to the Rio Hondo, however, the mission was relocated to its current site in 1775.
Dec 5, 2023 · The city of Los Angeles and the mission maintain close ties, and every year descendants of Los Pobladores--the families that trekked from Mission San Gabriel to found Los Angeles in 1781--reenact this nine-mile walk at the western end of the Old Spanish Trail. Site Information. Location (428 South Mission Dr., San Gabriel, CA, 91776)
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Current church built in 1812. At its peak, the mission was 300 feet in length. Moved three miles from original location. Oldest cemetery in LA. 6,000 Indians buried there. In Mission days, one of Alta California’s leading producers of wine grapes. Address 428 South Mission Drive San Gabriel, CA 91776 Tel: 626-457-3048.
