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Tucson, nicknamed the "Old Pueblo", is one of the oldest cities in Arizona. From 1867 to 1877, the town served as the capital of the Arizona Territory. A blend of the old and new can be found in Tucson. Today, the city has become unique blend of the Indian, Spanish, Mexican and Anglo heritages that created it. The name Tucson is an Indian word meaning "village of the spring at the foot of the black mountain".
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Mission San Xavier del Bac is located nine miles south of Tucson. The graceful mission is also known as the "white dove of the desert". The present church was built from 1783 - 1797 by the Franciscan Fathers Juan Bautista Velderrain and Juan Bautista Llorenz. |
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The mission is a blend of Moorish, Byzantine and late Mexican Renaissance architecture. Currently, the mission's exterior is undergoing reconstruction. It took six years to complete the interior restorations. The exterior renovations are focused on stabilizing the mission's domes and walls. |
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The mission is open daily for self-guided tours. Additionally, the mission still functions as a church with services being held daily. |
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San Xavier has been called by some “The Sistine Chapel of the New World”. In fact, a team of Italian artists who worked on the Sistine Chapel aided in the in the interior restoration during the late 1990's. |
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For more than 200 hundred years, Franciscan Friars have served in this church. San Xavier del Bac is fully functioning parish. |
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San Xavier del Bac Mission is located approximately nine miles south of Tucson in the Santa Cruz Valley. But, the mission with its graceful towers and lofty dome is more than a monument to the past. Mass is celebrated at the mission and students still attend the mission's accompanying school.
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The mission is acclaimed to be one of the finest examples of mission architecture within the United States. Additionally, it is considered to be a blend of Moorish, Byzantine and late Mexican Renaissance architecture blended gracefully together.
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Statues stand in wall niches, elaborate carvings adorn the walls and pillars, and paintings adorn the walls as well as the ceilings of the dome. An ornate alter is framed by a dazzling gilt of colors.
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