Nuestra Senora del Espiritu Santo de Zuniga Site

Address Restricted, Goliad, Texas. County/parish: Goliad.

Added to the National Register of Historic Places August 22, 1977. NRIS 77001446.

3 contributing buildings. 1 contributing site.

Also known as:

  • 41GD1
  • Espiritu Santo Mission
  • La Bahia Mission

From Wikipedia:

Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga

Mission Nuestra Señora del Espíritu Santo de Zúñiga, also known as Aranama Mission or Mission La Bahía, was a Roman Catholic mission established by Spain in 1722 in the Viceroyalty of New Spain—to convert native Karankawa Indians to Christianity. Together with its nearby military fortress, Presidio La Bahía, the mission upheld Spanish territorial claims in the New World against encroachment from France. The third and final location near Goliad, Texas, is maintained now as part of Goliad State Park and Historic Site

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