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Carmel Mission Basilica
Carmel Mission Basilica is an attraction in Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA, part of the San Francisco Bay Area guide. Cost: under $25.
3080 Rio Road · Carmel-by-the-Sea, CA
Why you should go…
Carmel Mission Basilica was founded by Father Junipero Serra in 1770 and moved to its Rio Road site in 1771, becoming the second of California's 21 missions. After decades of disrepair following secularization in 1834, the church was restored beginning in 1884 and was named a Minor Basilica by Pope John XXIII in 1960. The site today includes the original stone church, a museum and gardens, and remains an active Catholic parish.
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