one of the chain of Spanish colonial missions here that began with the establishment in 1718 of the first Mission San Antonio de Valero. The DAR worked fast: A photograph of the wrought-iron ...

Plaza de Valero ... was a communal space long after the Mission San Antonio de Valero was established there in 1724 as the first permanent Spanish-Indigenous mission along the San Antonio River. “ ...

Leading Spain’s colonization efforts, they constructed a series of missions, starting with San Antonio de Valero. Transformed into a fort in 1794, the mission was subsequently garrisoned by a Spanish ...

The story of the little-known history between Querétaro, Mexico and San Antonio In the first of a four-part documentary, learn about the story of the little-known history between Querétaro ...

VALERIA MEDINA: (Speaking Spanish). MARIAN NAVARRO, BYLINE: Tour guide Valeria Medina stands a few yards in front of the Alamo Church ... The Alamo was originally established in 1718 as Mission San ...

which arrived in the Spanish Colonial era to establish missions including the five — Mission Concepcion, Mission San Jose, Mission San Juan, Mission Espada, Mission San Antonio de Valero and ...

Mission Espada and Mission San Antonio de Valero, aka the Alamo) that stretch along the San Antonio River. Spanish missionaries built the missions in the early 1700s to convert the local Indigenous ...

Initially named La Junta De Las Cruces by Spanish explorer Álvar Núñez ... curid=4934888 San Antonio, now a booming metropolis, started with the Mission San Antonio de Valero (later known as the Alamo ...

SAN ANTONIO — A group of protesters demonstrated outside the Valero headquarters in San Antonio on Monday morning to express their opposition to Israeli military action in Gaza. Traffic was tied ...

One of the things that there's another letter that that appears that most people don't don't see because it was translated into Spanish ... entrance to Mission San Antonio de Valero, constructed ...

Established in 1718 as Mission San Antonio de Valero, this fortress is where the ... There was plenty of history to experience, including the Spanish-mission complex, the Alamo Church, the living ...

SAN ANTONIO − During a recent road trip to this beguiling Texas city, I spent a considerable amount of time in churches. Most were Catholic churches, of course, since San Antonio's origins ...