Mission Santa Inés

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The Mission was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estevan Tapis, and was named in honor of Saint Agnes, an early Christian martyr of the fourth century. The Spanish for Agnes is Ines, hence the name of the church; the American Yankees anglicized the spelling of the Spanish pronunciation and named the town Santa Ynez. (Text and image from mission's official site.)

Mission Santa Inés 

More information on Mission Santa Ines

Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynes) was founded on September 17, 1804 by Father Estévan Tapís, who had succeeded Father Fermín Lasuén as President of the California mission chain. The Mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living east of the Coast Range. The Mission was home to the first learning institution in Alta California.

Read the rest of the article on Wikipedia.

Photos of Mission Santa Ines 

Take a look at Mission Santa Ines

Robert English shows his fantastic photographs of Mission Santa Ines here. This subset of his photo set show the outer facade of the mission. If you click over to see the full set, you will find more interior photos, grounds statues, and bells.

Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Mission Santa Inés Virgen y Martir, Solvang, California (CA) by bobindrums

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Links about Mission Santa Ines 

Websites on Mission Santa Ines

Official Homepage of Mission Santa Inés
Includes the history of Mission Santa Ines and a picture slideshow of the grounds.
California Missions: Mission Santa Ines
Very brief one page history of Mission Santa Ines.
The California Missions Site: Mission Santa Ines
More in-depth history of Mission Santa Ines. Includes a few photographs and information on how to cite the page for reports.
California Missions On-Line Project: Mission Santa Ines
Has a brief paragraph on a variety of subjects related to Mission Santa Ines. Also has a short understanding assessment quiz.
Virtual Tour of Mission Santa Ines
Mr. Missions' photographs from nearly all angles of Mission Santa Ines.
Mission Santa Ines Visual Journey
Stunning photographs of Mission Santa Ines presented in a beautiful slideshow by the California Missions Resource Center.
California Travel: Mission Santa Ines
Starting from the Mission Santa Ines facts page, you will find links to a professionally written mission history and description of the grounds.
Mission Santa Ines eBook
A downloadable ebook specifically about Mission Santa Ines hosted by the Peninsula Library System. Requires Adobe Reader.

Videos of Mission Santa Ines 

Take a tour of Mission Santa Ines

If your Mission Santa Ines project is a video on YouTube, let me know and I might feature it here!

Mission Santa Ines Video Tour

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Mission Santa Ines

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Mission Trip Pt. III

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Photos of Mission Santa Ines 

Another look at Mission Santa Ines

These fantastic photos of the inside of Mission Santa Ines are taken by Brett Hampton, who has graciously allowed them to be shown here. His photos offer great details of the many statues there and are worth looking at individually.

Virgin statue by bhampton1963

Virgin statue

Guadalupe by bhampton1963

Guadalupe

Altar in chapel at Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

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Chapel at Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

Chapel at Mission Sa...

Chapel at Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

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Statue of Jesus by bhampton1963

Statue of Jesus

Antique Altar at Mission Santa Ines Museum by bhampton1963

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Reflections by bhampton1963

Reflections

Statue of Father Junipero Serra by bhampton1963

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View from Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

View from Mission Sa...

Hallway of Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

Hallway of Mission S...

MIssion Santa Ines by bhampton1963

MIssion Santa Ines

Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

Mission Santa Ines

Roses in Rose Garden at Mission Santa Ines by bhampton1963

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kimberly wrote

i'm a fourth grader who knows how to spell...and chris brown is aight, but dizzaholic is better...and, who is jum jum? i go to noble school and i'm doing a report on this. mrs. formariz's class.

Reply Posted April 07, 2009

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kimberly wrote

i'm doing a report on this!
LOLZ...

Reply Posted April 07, 2009

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april wrote

i did santa ines for a mission project

Reply Posted March 23, 2009

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SHELSY wrote

HI CHRIS I LOVE U ME AND MY CUISIN LESLIE ARE WOW UR BIGGEST FANS HEY IM A FORTH GRADER AND IMA DOING RESAERCH IN MIOSSION SANTA INES OK BYE DONT HIT RIHANNA AGAIN OK BYE JUM JUM !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Reply Posted March 04, 2009

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chirs brown wrote

i myself did a mission on santa ines

Reply Posted January 20, 2009