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Mission San Juan. Originally founded in 1716 in eastern Texas, Mission San Juan was transferred in 1731 to its present location. In 1756, the stone church, a friary, and a granary were completed. A larger church was begun, but was abandoned when half complete, the result of population decline.
15 mar 2024 · Quick Facts. Location: 9101 Graf Road. Significance: Historic acequias and farm fields. Designation: UNESCO World Heritage site. Amenities. 23 listed. Originally founded in 1716 in eastern Texas, Mission San Juan was relocated in 1731 to its present location along the banks of the San Antonio River.
Mission San Juan Capistrano (originally christened in 1716 as La Misión San José de los Nazonis and located in South Central Texas) was founded in 1731 by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order, on the eastern banks of the San Antonio River in present-day San Antonio, Texas.
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is a National Historical Park and part of a UNESCO World Heritage Site preserving four of the five Spanish frontier missions in San Antonio, Texas, US. These outposts were established by Catholic religious orders to spread Christianity among the local natives.
Originally founded by Franciscan missionaries in 1716, the eastern Texas Mission San Juan Capistrano was transferred in 1731 to its present location in San Antonio, about 12 miles from The Alamo. In 1756, the stone church, a friary, and a granary were completed.
San Juan established a trade network with the French settlements in Louisiana, other Spanish missions in Texas and villages in Mexico for its surplus produce. The Mission kept approximately 3,500 sheep and the same number of cattle just 20 miles away at Rancho de Pataguilla.
Mission San Juan Capistrano moved from east Texas to San Antonio in 1731. It is the closest mission to the San Antonio River that provided all the missions with water for their crops through an innovative series of acequias or water canals built by the mission Indians.
