• Founded in 1797, Mission San Miguel is a National Historical Landmark that has been an important part of Central Coast history for over 200 years.
  • San Miguel Chapel, is a Spanish colonial mission church in Santa Fe, New Mexico. Originally built around 1610, it is often referred to as the oldest church building...
  • This website is dedicated to the history of Mission San Miguel and its environs, and life in Alta California during the colonial period.
  • Mission San Miguel was founded by Father Lasuen on July 25, 1797. It was the 16th Mission to be founded in the Alta California Mission chain.
  • Churches were frequently caught in the crossfire of conflict. For example, Governor Luis de Rosas demolished the San Miguel mission during an incident in 1640.
  • Father Fermin Lasuén founded Mission San Miguel, the sixteenth mission, on July 25, 1797. The site, in an isolated valley on the Salinas River, was chosen as a...
  • The city of Santa Fe was founded in 1610, and El San Miguel (St. Michael's) Mission Church was built between 1610 and and 1628.
  • Mission San Miguel Arcangel was the sixteenth of the California Missions to be founded, and it opened its doors in 1797.
  • By the end of the first year, Fathers and Indians had built a 71-foot-long brush fence, an adobe chapel, and a house. San Miguel Mission 1800-1820.
  • San Miguel Chapel is the oldest Catholic Church in America. Built about the same time the City of Santa Fe was founded, circa 1610.