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On June 13, city and VIA officials held a groundbreaking ceremony for the Advanced Rapid Transit Green Line, which will run ...
The U.S. has always had a rich tapestry of historic cities that capture the essence of different eras. For history buffs, ...
Travelers who love history and nature should make sure to check out this hiking and biking trail that goes through Texas' ...
San Antonio Missions National Historical Park is teleporting visitors back 300 years through four preserved frontier missions: Mission Concepcion, Mission Espada, Mission San Juan and Mission San ...
Myjer, who lives in Boston, was “flabbergasted” when he began working on the old mission churches of San Antonio in 2009, unfamiliar with “this white stuff” — native Texas limestone.
we had Mission Concepcion for ourselves for the duration of our visit. We spent only a few minutes walking through its ruins and the church itself before heading downtown for lunch. In a city as rich ...
San Antonio exists because of the missions ... One of the interesting things is that Mission Concepcion is the best preserved stone church in the United States, and it remains in the same location ...
Bored of your Spotify algorithm? There’s now an ever-growing playlist that relies on a more tangible source: San Francisco’s Mission District. The Bop Spotter project uses a microphone to ...
Most were Catholic churches, of course, since San Antonio's origins revolved around Mission San Antonio de Valero, the religious analog to the military Presidio San Antonio de Bexar, as well as ...
A group of tourists at Mission Concepción in San Antonio take photos of the historic landmark before boarding a sightseeing tour bus. Credit: Brenda Bazán / San Antonio Report A trend of recent ...
four of which are part of the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park. The fifth mission, the Alamo, is located about three miles north of Mission Concepción and is not part of the national ...