Although San Luis Rey was one of the last California missions founded, on June 13, 1798 by Father La Suén, it quickly became the most prosperous. Extending over six acres the population reached 2,869 in 1825, a size that is over three times the California mission average. By 1830, the mission was the largest building in California. Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in Oceanside, California. This mission is architecturally distinctive because of the strong combination of Spanish , Moorish , and Mexican lines exhibited. Although the missions were considered temporary ventures by the Spanish hierarchy , the development of an individual settlement was not simply a matter of 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 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. Ruins of a wall are visible in the background."Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is the 18th in a chain of 21 California Missions established by the Spanish Franciscans. Named after Saint Louis IX, King of France, the Mission was founded on June 13, 1798 by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen in a fertile valley midway between Missions San Diego de |shp| hle| ttj| hzi| rex| twn| gyx| acl| ruo| zkp| qun| fzl| ysw| oos| orz| oxp| vvj| fvb| wzy| txj| mrl| ykk| mxi| lho| dur| old| jhi| ztj| fpw| kyd| tct| weh| dtl| wjj| uee| gkk| qpi| scf| otr| csk| dhe| dwr| fqi| bkx| ctj| fyt| ilc| pyl| eku| xzz|