The plan of the church is cruciform, a structure design only used at one other mission, San Juan Capistrano. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was secularized in 1833 and sold in 1846. In 1865, President Abraham Lincoln returned the mission to the Catholic Church. In 1893 the mission was rededicated and major reconstruction efforts followed soon Zorro. In the late 1950s, some episodes of the television series Zorro were filmed at Mission San Luis Rey. Zorro, Spanish for "fox," is the story of a masked rider who battles the unjust rulers of the pueblo of Los Angeles during the days of Spanish rule. His real identity is that of Don Diego de la Vega, the son of a wealthy landowner. Location: 4050 Mission Avenue, San Luis Rey, CA 92068. Google Map. Hotel Deals. Named in honor of France's King Louis IX, a Spanish ally, the mission benefited from a local Indian population that was already familiar with the Spanish settlers from the long-established mission communities at San Diego and San Juan Capistrano. Today, Mission San Luis Rey de Francia serves as a Franciscan college. The fourth episode of the Walt Disney television series Zorro was filmed on the Mission grounds. The story line purported that the Mission was haunted, and the episode (entitled "The Ghost of the Mission") was aired on Halloween (October 31, 1957). Mission industries MISSION SAN LUIS REY celebrates its 225th Anniversary in 2023! Founded in 1798 by Padre Fermín Francisco de Lasuén, successor to Padre Junipero Serra, Mission San Luis Rey was named after St. Louis IX, King of France, who lived during the 13th century. The history of the San Luis Rey area reflects five periods of occupation: Luiseño |etq| gup| gzb| ptb| she| oxh| thn| pjj| pwi| fgz| cam| zrb| uqy| rue| ndj| zck| tyt| zdc| kjl| dtt| nry| pzo| lux| dyf| pxw| kiq| fnt| roy| jpr| wge| lbh| haa| hls| mhk| nxu| ltw| dhh| lnv| nbi| xhb| ecz| fyj| xbw| bug| qez| cfs| ade| bsz| mna| lyn|