The Royal Bell Camino

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One of the bells for El Camino Real stands in front of a narrow brick stairway, which leads to one of the entrances into the San Gabriel Mission. A sign indicates that Mission San Juan Capistrano is 58 miles southeast while the Plaza Church is only 9 miles northwest.Mission San Gabriel Arcangel, also known as the San Gabriel Mission, is a former Roman Catholic mission and current historic landmark it was the fourth of 21 California missions to be founded. The founding date was September 8, 1771, and Padres Pedro Benito Cambon and Angel Fernandes de la Somera were the founding priests. The mission was built from 1791 to 1805 out of cut stone, brick, and mortar, and is the oldest structure of its kind south of Monterey, Ca. It was designed by Father Antonio Cruzado, and is often referred to as the "Godmother of the Pueblo of Los Angeles".