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    Mission Basilica San Diego de Alcalá (Spanish: Misión San Diego de Alcalá, lit. The Mission of Saint Didacus of Acalá) was the second Franciscan founded...
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    Didacus of Alcalá (Spanish: Diego de Alcalá), also known as Diego de San Nicolás, was a Spanish Franciscan lay brother who served among the first group...
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    the Presidio of San Diego and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, both established in 1769 next to the village of Cosoy. The Presidio and Mission were located at...
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    Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá, founded in 1769, formed the first European settlement in what is now California. In 1821, San Diego became part...
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    Spanish missions in California, it was the base of operations for the Spanish colonization of California. The associated Mission San Diego de Alcalá later...
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    these roads, with its southern terminus at Mission San Diego de Alcalá and its northern terminus at Mission San Francisco Solano in Sonoma, California. During...
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    located in the Grantville neighborhood near Mission San Diego de Alcalá and National University's San Diego campus. From the station's opening in late...
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  • Philippines Mission San Diego de Alcalá, a Spanish mission in Alta California "San Diego," a 2016 song by Blink-182 from California San Diego, a code-name...
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    parks in America. It flows near Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The river's valley downstream from there is known as Mission Valley for that reason. The valley...
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    visited Cañada de Santa Ysabel east of Mission San Diego de Alcalá as part of a plan to establish an entire chain of inland missions. The Santa Ysabel...
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  • Luis Jayme (category Priests of the Spanish missions in California)
    Luis and nine other priests sailed from New Mexico to Mission San Diego de Alcalá aboard the ship San Antonio to begin a ten-year commitment to serve indigenous...
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  • Comarca de Alcalá, a comarca (district) in Madrid, Spain Alcalá del Júcar, a town in Albacete, Spain Alcalá de la Vega, a town in Cuenca, Spain Alcalá de los...
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    expedition sailed into San Diego Harbor in 1542. The San Diego Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá were founded in 1769 by Gaspar de Portolá and Junípero...
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    Santa Ysabel Asistencia (category San Antonio–San Diego Mail Line)
    Cañada de Santa Ysabel in the mountains east of San Diego (near the village of Elcuanan), as a asistencia or "sub-mission" to Mission San Diego de Alcalá, and...
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    twelve years after the first presidio and mission, the Presidio of San Diego and Mission San Diego de Alcalá (1769). The original settlement consisted...
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    impound the San Diego River to provide water for irrigation of the fields associated with Mission San Diego de Alcalá, the first Spanish mission in what is...
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    member of the Mission Buenaventura-class oiler and was named for Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Originally laid down as SS Mission San Diego was on 20 December...
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    parent missions. Presidios in chronological order: El Presidio Real de San Diego (Presidio of San Diego), founded July 16, 1769 El Presidio Real de San Carlos...
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    village of Kosa'aay and created the first of the California missions, Mission San Diego de Alcalá. The Valley of Tijuana was explored the same year by Juan...
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    within the community. Tierrasanta was originally part of the Mission San Diego de Alcalá ranch, which was active during the late 18th and 19th centuries...
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    the establishment of Mission San Diego de Alcalá in 1769, he moved north to Alta California in 1773. He based himself in San Diego and remained there until...
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    founded by Gaspar de Portolà in 1769. Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded by Father Junípero Serra the same year. The Presidio and Mission were originally...
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    Franciscan friar who founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá. Adjacent communities include Kearny Mesa, Tierrasanta, Mission Valley, and Linda Vista. The...
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    beginning, the mission relied on bear meat from Mission San Antonio de Padua and supplies brought by ship from Mission San Diego de Alcalá. In 1779, four...
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    at Mission San Diego de Alcalá. He served as a soldier at the Presidio of San Diego from the mid-1790s until 1802, when he was transferred to Mission San...
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    New Spain. Mission San Diego de Alcalá was founded in 1769 by Reverend Junipero Serra in present day San Diego. The Mission San Luis Rey de Francia was...
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    Catalonia, in Spain, was the first priest appointed to serve Mission San Diego de Alcalá after California's annexation by the United States. In 1862,...
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    mission bell at home games immediately after a win. He is named and patterned after the Spanish Franciscans, who founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá around...
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    the Kumeyaay people. The Spanish arrived in 1542 and founded Mission San Diego de Alcalá nearby in 1769.Judge Hyde was one of the first settlers of Clairemont...
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    settlement in what is now San Diego County began with the founding of the San Diego Presidio and Mission San Diego de Alcalá by Spanish soldiers and clerics...
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