San Xavier Mission
by Tim Hightower
Title
San Xavier Mission
Artist
Tim Hightower
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Photograph - Photography
Description
Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham San Xavier Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 1692 by the Jesuit missionary Eusebio Francisco Kino. The original location was vulnerable to Apache attacks who finally destroyed it in about 1770. It was rebuilt at a new location about two miles away mainly with native labor working from 1783-1797. San Xavier is still actively served by Franciscans, and still serves the Native community by which it was built.
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