Surviving frescoes adorning the interior rooms of Mission Concepción. First image is a sun motif on the vaulted roof of the convento of the mission. Second image is a motif of the crucified Christ decorating the baptismal room. These motifs are synchronizations of Spanish...
Some primary and secondary sources for my project. Courtesy of the San Antonio National Historical Site and its coworkers. Three hundred years is a long time. The oldest mission administered by the National Park Service was founded in 1720 - San José y San...
Front facade of Mission Concepción and its convento (left) and the ceiling of its belltower (right). Photos by author. Crowdsourcing, as the name might imply, requires cooperation between oneself and the people with whom you ultimately depend on for your project....
Mission San José y San Miguel de Aguayo, San Antonio, Texas Hello everyone! My name is David José González Nevárez, a second-generation university student getting a major on History at the Americas and a minor on...