Misión Concepción

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Misión Concepción with convento to the right

Misión Concepción's twin spires

View of Misión Concepción from the side

Misión Concepción convento side door

Looking through front of convento ruins of Misión Concepción

Looking through convento with Misión Concepción to rear

Prayer at the santo nicho to the front of Misión Concepción

NUESTRA SEÑORA DE LA PURISIMA CONCEPCIÓN DE ACUÑA MISIÓN. Misión Concepción was originally established in East Texas in 1716 and moved to its present site in San Antonio in 1731. Misión Concepción is the best preserved Spanish mission in Texas. Its stone church, which was completed in 1755 and has never fallen into ruin, is considered by some historians to be the oldest unrestored church in the United States. Concepción was the second of six Franciscan missions established on both sides of the present Texas-Louisiana border by the Ramon expedition of 1716-17.

Handbook of Texas Online, s.v.* "Nuestra SeÑora De La Purisima ConcepciÓn De AcuÑa Mission," (accessed May 2, 2006).

* sub verbo (s.v.) stands for, "under the word.")

San Antonio Missions National Historic Park -  Nuestra Señora De La Purisima Concepcion De Acuña Mission