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Mission San Antonio de Padua
$22.00
Third in the chain of twenty-one. Founded by Junípero Serra in the Valle de los Robles on July 14, 1771 and now held inside Fort Hunter Liggett, an active Army garrison. Visitors check in at the gate before driving the last few miles through coast live oaks and dry grass to reach a long white facade with three arched bell openings cut into the brick. The Salinan whose land this was helped raise the walls. The place is still a working Franciscan parish, and the valley around it is mostly the valley it was.
Slowly infused into the ceramic surface under high heat and pressure, in our family studio in Knoxville, Tennessee.