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Misión Espada

Much of this mission lays in ruin.  It is the southernmost of the five missions in San Antonio, and the hardest to get to.  We arrived after the compound was closed, so were not able to enter the chapel, which is still in limited use today.

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Church and grounds; note unusual arch feature of chapel door

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The mission grounds

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Church and grounds; opposite side of compound

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Foundation of original chapel