Las Flores Estancia
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The Las Flores Estancia (also known as Las Flores Asistencia) was established in 1823 as an estancia ("station"). It was part of the Spanish missions, asistencias, and estancias system in Las Californias—Alta California. Las Flores Estancia was situated approximately halfway between Mission San Luis Rey de Francia and Mission San Juan Capistrano. It is located near Bell Canyon on the Camp Pendleton Marine Corps Base ten miles south of the City of San Clemente in northern San Diego County, California. The estancia is also home to the architecturally significant National Historic Landmark Las Flores Adobe, completed in 1868.[4]
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Location | near San Clemente, California |
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Coordinates | 33°17′59.81″N 117°27′39.85″W |
Name as founded | Estancia de la Misión de San Luis, Rey de Francia [3] |
English translation | Station of the Mission San Luis Rey de Francia |
Patron | Saint Peter, the Apostle [3] |
Founding date | 1823 (1823) |
Founding priest(s) | Father Antonio Peyrí |
Military district | First |
Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Payomkawichum-Luiseño + Acagchemem-Juaneño |
Native place name(s) | Huis'ne [3] |
Governing body | United States Government |
Current use | Boy Scout Camp |
Designated | November 24, 1968[4] |
Reference no. | 68000021 |
Designated | November 24, 1968 |
Reference no. | #616 |
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