The Alamo and other Texas missions to remember / Nancy Haston Foster.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Foster, Nancy Haston.

Contributor:

Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown Collection (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Spanish mission buildings--Texas--Guidebooks.

Spanish mission buildings.

Texas.

Texas--Guidebooks.

Genre:

Guidebooks.

Penn Provenance:

Venturi, Robert; Brown, Denise Scott

Physical Description:

viii, 88 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm

Place of Publication:

Houston : Gulf Pub. Co., [1984]

Summary:

The Alamo is only one of more than two dozen Texas mission sites you'll discover in this guide to a colorful era of Texas' turbulent past. Originally built as houses of God, these missions were often anything but the refuges of peace their founders intended. Isolated like tiny islands in a stormy sea, they harbored an impressive array of early Texas settlers: Spanish conquistadors, Indians, revolutionaries, soldiers, ragtag pioneers and many other characters who slept in the walls of Texas missions. The book explores 9 missions still standing in Texas as well as the sites of missions that have not survived time and the hostile environment. Whether you are a tourist or traveler, an architecture or history buff, you'll get a hefty dose of the romance of Texas' past in this book.

From San Antonio to Goliad to El Paso, this guide explores the nine Texas missions still standing as well as sites of missions that have not survived. Each mission's descriptions includes historical background, informed discussion of the Spanish architecture, photos and diagrams, lists of events, directions and site maps, days and hours of tours, archeological finds, and historical displays and musuems.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 85-86) and index.

Local Notes:

Presented to the Penn Libraries by Robert Venturi and Denise Scott Brown

ISBN:

088415033X

9780884150336

OCLC:

10432551