San Xavier del Bac
Last weekend we took a trip to Tucson and went to the San Xavier del Bac Mission. This mission is a Spanish Colonial style mission and was built between 1783-1797. It was way cooler than we expected. We have, admittedly, missed the sense of history we left behind in New England. Phoenix has a great climate and great hiking, but the whole place looks like it was built last week. Seeing the mission was a welcome respite from the all the strip malls.
Actually, Tucson looks a little more like home. We ate at a vegan restaurant and there were trees, roads that bend, slight hills...
Anyhow, back to the mission. San Xavier is unlike any church I have ever seen. The art is so intricate, but it still has a folk-art feel. It reminds me a little of the cathedral in San Juan, Puerto Rico, but there was definitely a more rustic feel to San Xavier.
Check out many more pictures of our mission trip on our Flickr page.
posted by Eric | 8:39 AM
2 Comments:
hey guys- this are amazing pictures! What a place! I would love to go their sometime. I havent been over to your flickr account yet but thats where I am going next.
What are you thoughts on the creepy no name person on our livejournal? Yikes they keep leaving us weird comments?
It must be really impressive to actually be there. You can tell from the pictures that the place is big and has ornate details everywhere.
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