  MISSION of SAN XAVIER DEL BAC · 1700-1797
THE MISSION OF SAN XAVIER DEL BAC. PAPAGO VILLAGE IN FOREGROUND. MISSION COURTYARD FROM ABOVE.... ... AND BELOW. THE ENTRANCE PORTAL HAS A DELICATE WOODEN BALCONY ABOVE, CROWNED WITH A LARGE SHELL MOTIF. PAPAGO INDIAN CHILDREN RECESSING AT THE MISSION SCHOOL. HIGH ALTAR FROM REAR OF NAVE. ONE OF TWO GROTESQUE CARVINGS OF LIONS. HIGH ALTAR. HIGH ALTAR FROM CHOIR LOFT. A HIGH CANOPIED HAND-CARVED PULPIT OF RICH DARK PINE. CHOIR LOFT FROM THE HIGH ALTAR. LOOKING TOWARD ONE CORNER OF THE WEST TRANSEPT. GOSPEL CHAPEL—WEST TRANSEPT. EAST TRANSEPT—EPISTLE CHAPEL. THE STATUE OF MARY CLOTHED IN A BRIDAL GOWN DONATED BY AN INDIAN WOMAN. ALTAR DEDICATED TO THE MOTHER OF SORROWS. BAPTISMAL FONT IN CENTER OF BAPTISTRY. PEDESTAL AND BOWL OF BAKED BRICK WHICH INCLOSES A COPPER BOWL ENGRAVED ON TOP WITH MONOGRAM I. H. S. THE BAPTISMAL FONT SEEN FROM THE NAVE. DETAIL OF BAPTISTRY WINDOW. WINDOW OVER ENTRANCE PORTAL. THE BELLS OF SAN XAVIER. PAPAGO INDIAN HOMES. THE GREAT DOME, THE DOMED ROOF, AND THE FINIALS FLANKED WITH CARVED CASTILIAN LION HEADS. PRICKLY PEAR CACTUS IN A CORNER OF THE GARDEN. MORTUARY CHAPEL AND GARDEN. MEXICAN AND INDIAN BURIAL GROUNDS JUST WEST OF THE MISSION. Gates of San Xavier
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