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Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó

Baja California Sur, Mexico · built 1697

Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó, or Mission Loreto, was founded on October 25, 1697, at the Monqui Native American (Indian) settlement of Conchó in the city of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Established by the Catholic Church's Jesuit missionary Juan María de Salvatierra, Loreto was the first successful mission and Spanish town in Baja California. The mission, with the exception of its essential Catholic church functions, closed in 1829.

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