Mission San Diego de Alcala
Spanish mission in San Diego, California
Mission San Diego de Alcalá is a mission in San Diego. It is the first mission in California.
A mission is a religious community. Mission San Diego was made by the Spanish to teach the native people, the Kumeyaay, about the Catholic religion.
This mission includes a fountain, church, cemetery, priest quarters, a storage room and a workshop. This church is now a historical landmark and was restored in the 1940s. Near the fountain is now a parking lot. The original bell is outside the church, near the main entrance of the mission.