San Juan Capistrano — A foot-long koi fish swims in a Moorish-style fountain in the central courtyard at Mission San Juan Capistrano.
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San Juan Capistrano — Visitors listen to self-guided tours of the Great Stone Church that was largely destroyed by an 1812 earthquake.
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San Juan Capistrano — Mechelle Lawrence-Adams, Mission San Juan Capistrano's executive director, takes in the new exhibit that showcases rarely-seen historic artifacts and paintings.
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San Juan Capistrano — A silver crucifix took a bullet when a disgruntled man fired his gun in a chapel at Mission San Juan Capistrano in the early 1900's.
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San Juan Capistrano — President Abraham Lincoln's signature is seen on the original 1865 document that returned the California missions from private ownership to the Catholic Church's control.
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San Juan Capistrano — The new exhibit features an original "mission trail" bell. The bell was later copied, and hundreds of them were erected along the California route of the old El Camino Real.
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San Juan Capistrano — Mechelle Lawrence-Adams, the mission's executive director, points out details in a 1924 painting by Charles Percy Austin. The painting depicts Hollywood movie star Mary Pickford renewing her vows to then-husband Owen Moore at the mission in 1915.
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San Juan Capistrano — The newly restored "Serra's Church," built in 1782, is the oldest building in California still in use. Documents show that Father Junipero Serra celebrated mass here.
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San Juan Capistrano — A tour guide leads a group through Mission San Juan Capistrano.
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San Juan Capistrano California — Four swallow nests are among a diminishing number still found at Mission San Juan Capistrano. The birds have nested here for centuries, but modern development has hindered their ability to make it their summer home.
PHOTOGRAPH BY: Don Bartletti / Los Angeles Times
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