Mission San Luis Rey de Francia/Gallery
(PD) Drawing: Alexander Harmer
Fr. Antonio Peyri departs Mission San Luis Rey in 1832.
(PD) Drawing: Alexander Harmer
In 1833, Captain Pablo de la Portilla of San Diego was appointed comisionado (administrator) of Mission San Luis Rey. His heavy-handed administration caused considerable unrest.![(PD) Drawing: Eugene Duflot de Mofras In 1841, French explorer Eugene Duflot de Mofras produced a sketch of the Mission that depicted a second campanario, thereby supporting the theory that two bell towers were planned, but never completed; the lone tower was also used as a lookout post.[1]](/wiki/images/thumb/0/0c/1844_Mission_San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia.jpg/300px-1844_Mission_San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia.jpg)
(PD) Drawing: Eugene Duflot de Mofras
In 1841, French explorer Eugene Duflot de Mofras produced a sketch of the Mission that depicted a second campanario, thereby supporting the theory that two bell towers were planned, but never completed; the lone tower was also used as a lookout post.[1]
(PD) Photo: Bancroft Library
The interior of Mission San Luis Rey de Francia before restoration, circa 1893.![(PD) Photo: Keystone-Mast Company Inside the "cavernous" capilla (chapel) at Mission San Luís Rey de Francia, circa 1900. Dedicated in 1815, the cruciform design is shared only with the ruined "Great Stone Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano, making the two structures unique among the Alta California missions in that regard.[2]](/wiki/images/thumb/3/30/San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia_circa_1900_Keystone-Mast_Company.jpg/238px-San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia_circa_1900_Keystone-Mast_Company.jpg)
(PD) Photo: Keystone-Mast Company
Inside the "cavernous" capilla (chapel) at Mission San Luís Rey de Francia, circa 1900. Dedicated in 1815, the cruciform design is shared only with the ruined "Great Stone Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano, making the two structures unique among the Alta California missions in that regard.[2]
(PD) Photo: William Amos Haines
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia, circa 1910.
![(PD) Photo: George Wharton James Illuminated choir missals on display at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1913.[3]](/wiki/images/thumb/7/7b/Choir_missals_at_Mission_San_Luis_Rey.jpg/300px-Choir_missals_at_Mission_San_Luis_Rey.jpg)
(PD) Photo: George Wharton James
Illuminated choir missals on display at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1913.[3]![(PD) Photo: Dick Markell / United States Navy USNS Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128) was the eighteenth of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy. Scrapped in 1972, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.[4]](/wiki/images/thumb/f/f4/USNS_Mission_San_Luis_Rey.jpg/300px-USNS_Mission_San_Luis_Rey.jpg)
(PD) Photo: Dick Markell / United States Navy
USNS Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128) was the eighteenth of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy. Scrapped in 1972, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.[4]
![(PD) Drawing: Eugene Duflot de Mofras In 1841, French explorer Eugene Duflot de Mofras produced a sketch of the Mission that depicted a second campanario, thereby supporting the theory that two bell towers were planned, but never completed; the lone tower was also used as a lookout post.[1]](/wiki/File:1844_Mission_San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: Keystone-Mast Company Inside the "cavernous" capilla (chapel) at Mission San Luís Rey de Francia, circa 1900. Dedicated in 1815, the cruciform design is shared only with the ruined "Great Stone Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano, making the two structures unique among the Alta California missions in that regard.[2]](/wiki/File:San_Luis_Rey_de_Francia_circa_1900_Keystone-Mast_Company.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: George Wharton James Illuminated choir missals on display at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1913.[3]](/wiki/File:Choir_missals_at_Mission_San_Luis_Rey.jpg)
![(PD) Photo: Dick Markell / United States Navy USNS Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128) was the eighteenth of twenty-seven Mission Buenaventura-class fleet oilers built during World War II for service in the United States Navy. Scrapped in 1972, she was the only U.S. Naval vessel to bear the name.[4]](/wiki/File:USNS_Mission_San_Luis_Rey.jpg)