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The Visita de San José de Magdalena was a Catholic visita located in
Building a ''visita'', or subordinate mission station, at the site 16 kilometers west of the Gulf of California was initially proposed by the
Baja California Sur
Baja California Sur (; 'South Lower California'), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Baja California Sur ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Baja California Sur), is the least populated state and the 31st admitted state of the 32 federal ent ...
, Mexico
Mexico (Spanish: México), officially the United Mexican States, is a country in the southern portion of North America. It is bordered to the north by the United States; to the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; to the southeast by Guatema ...
. The visita was founded by Dominican missionary Joaquín Valero in 1774 as an extension of Misión Santa Rosalía de Mulegé
Mission Santa Rosalía de Mulegé is located in the oasis of Mulegé, in Mulegé Municipality, northeastern Baja California Sur state, México. It is an Instituto Nacional de Antropología e Historia listed Cultural Heritage Monument.
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History
Building a ''visita'', or subordinate mission station, at the site 16 kilometers west of the Gulf of California was initially proposed by the Franciscan
The Franciscans are a group of related Mendicant orders, mendicant Christianity, Christian Catholic religious order, religious orders within the Catholic Church. Founded in 1209 by Italian Catholic friar Francis of Assisi, these orders include t ...
missionary Francisco Palóu
Francesc Palou (in Catalan) or Francisco Palóu (1723–1789) was a Spanish Franciscan missionary, administrator and historian on the Baja California Peninsula and in Alta California. Palóu made significant contributions to the Alta California ...
prior to the Dominicans' assumption of responsibility for the Baja California missions.
The ''visita'' was terminated when the mission at Mulegé was closed in 1828. Ruined walls of stone and adobe brick survive at the site.
See also
* Spanish missions in Baja California SurReferences
* Vernon, Edward W. 2002. ''Las Misiones Antiguas: The Spanish Missions of Baja California, 1683–1855''. Viejo Press, Santa Barbara, California. Missions in Baja California Sur Mulegé Municipality 1774 establishments in New Spain {{NewSpain-stub