{"id":6465,"date":"2013-07-22T22:19:36","date_gmt":"2013-07-23T03:19:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=6465"},"modified":"2013-07-24T01:00:19","modified_gmt":"2013-07-24T06:00:19","slug":"missions-california","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=6465","title":{"rendered":"THE MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA"},"content":{"rendered":"<figure id=\"attachment_6473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6473\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182814.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6473\" alt=\"PULPIT SAN LUIS DE FRANCIA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182814-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182814-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182814-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182814.jpg 1564w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">PULPIT SAN LUIS DE FRANCIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6474\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6474\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182843.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6474\" alt=\"FONT SAN LUIS \" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182843-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182843-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182843-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182843.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6474\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">FONT SAN LUIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6475\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6475\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182817.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6475\" alt=\"ABOVE THE ALTAR SAN LUIS\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182817-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182817-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182817-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6475\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">ABOVE THE ALTAR SAN LUIS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6476\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6476\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182851.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6476\" alt=\"SAN LUIS DE FRANCIA\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182851-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182851-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182851-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-lu\u00eds-rey-7-22-13-182851.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6476\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAN LUIS DE FRANCIA<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6472\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6472\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182750.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6472\" alt=\"SWALLLOW NESTS\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182750-1024x767.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"417\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182750-1024x767.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182750-300x224.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182750.jpg 1567w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6472\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SWALLLOW NESTS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6471\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6471\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182713.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6471\" alt=\"CAPISTRANO BELLS\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182713-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182713-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182713-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182713.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6471\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAPISTRANO BELLS<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6469\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6469\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182728.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6469\" alt=\"CAPISTRANO COURTYARD\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182728-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182728-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182728-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182728.jpg 1640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6469\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAPISTRANO COURTYARD<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6468\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6468\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182706.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6468\" alt=\"CAPISTRANO INTERIOR\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182706-681x1024.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"839\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182706-681x1024.jpg 681w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182706-199x300.jpg 199w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182706.jpg 1604w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6468\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAPISTRANO INTERIOR<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6467\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6467\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182684.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6467\" alt=\"CAPISTRANO GATE\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182684-1024x681.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"371\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182684-1024x681.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182684-300x199.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6467\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">CAPISTRANO GATE<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<figure id=\"attachment_6466\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-6466\" style=\"width: 558px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><a href=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182769.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-large wp-image-6466\" alt=\"SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO\" src=\"http:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182769-1024x617.jpg\" width=\"558\" height=\"336\" srcset=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182769-1024x617.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182769-300x180.jpg 300w, https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/san-juan-capistrano-7-22-13-182769.jpg 1900w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 558px) 100vw, 558px\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-6466\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">SAN JUAN CAPISTRANO<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Today we visited another two of the 21 <a href=\"http:\/\/www.mtycounty.com\/pgs-missions\/the21missions.html\">missions<\/a> on the camino real in california; San Luis de Francia and San Juan de Capistrano. Both have been extensively restored and probably bear little resemblance to their original splendor. The swallows have not returned to the mission capistrano in some time. So the annual festival continues without the guests of honor.<\/p>\n<p>My favorite continues to be San Miguel, which is as close to original as possible. \u00a0Still and all I am glad to have seen them.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Today we visited another two of the 21 missions on the camino real in california; San Luis de Francia and San Juan de Capistrano. Both have been extensively restored and probably bear little resemblance to their original splendor. The swallows have not returned to the mission capistrano in some time. So the annual festival continues &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/?p=6465\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">THE MISSIONS OF CALIFORNIA<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[453,1733],"tags":[869],"class_list":["post-6465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-california","category-missions","tag-california-missions"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6465"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6494,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6465\/revisions\/6494"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/stephenlirakis.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}