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	Front view of Misión San Jose   Another front view of Misión San Jose Sculptural detail of front entrance Misión San Jose sanctuary Sanctuary altar   Door from main sanctuary to mission chapel Mission chapel altar Mission well with convento to rear View of back of sanctuary with convento to right Ruims of San Jose convento Looking upwards at convento arches   Acequia flowing between mission walls (l) and gristmill (r)   Docent closing gristmill sluice gate Old Mission Gristmill Water leaving gristmill   Interior of the still working gristmill       SAN JOSÉ Y SAN MIGUEL DE AGUAYO MISSION. San José y San Miguel de Aguayo Mission, one of the five Spanish missions in San Antonio, was founded in the early eighteenth century as a result of a shift of missionary effort from East Texasqv to South Texas. In 1719 war between France and Spain resulted in the temporary withdrawal of Spanish missionaries from the East Texas missions. Handbook of Texas Online, s.v. "SAN JOSÉ Y SAN MIGUEL DE AGUAYO MISSION," (accessed January 2, 2008). * sub verbo (s.v.) stands for, "under the word.") San Antonio Missions National Historic Park - Mission San Juan Capistrano
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