Exploring the lost missions of Baja California

Exploring the lost missions of Baja California

No era in the history of Baja California has been as oft-written about as the Spanish mission era, and with good reason, as the successive waves of Jesuit, Franciscan, and Dominican missionaries during the 17th, 18th, and 19th centuries brought sweeping political and cultural changes to the peninsula and left a lasting legacy. Of course, the most tangible legacy is found in the missions that were built. Several of these remarkable archaeological…