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Mission San Buenaventura

At night, downtown Ventura lights up the mission.

At night, downtown Ventura lights up the mission.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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This was the last of the nine missions founded by Father Junipero Serra. Destroyed by fire in 1793 and rebuilt after an 1812 earthquake, the church was dramatically modernized in the 1890s, then restored to a historical appearance in the 1950s. READ MORE >>

San Buenaventura, ninth mission, 1782

The almost overflowing mission museum includes two wooden bells, Chumash baskets and a confessional made from Spanish shipping containers.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

San Buenaventura, ninth mission, 1782

A look inside the mission church.  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

San Buenaventura, ninth mission, 1782

A view of the front of the mission today...  (Wally Skalij / Los Angeles Times)

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