Mission Santa Barbara Hanging Tile Trivet

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This lovely souvenir tile/trivet depicts the image of the 1786 California Misson Santa Barbara.

Display California history in your home … Read more This lovely souvenir tile/trivet depicts the image of the 1786 California Misson Santa Barbara.

Display California history in your home with this small piece that can go from wall to table. Corked back to protect your table and ready to hang when not in use.

Great gift for housewarming or hostess.

Stretching from San Diego to Sonoma, the 21 missions of Alta California are storied reminders of California and our nation's past. Few regions of the world have such a physical, visual timeline of a nation's growth and development.

In 1769, under order of the Spanish king, sea and land expeditions departed Mexico for California, meeting in San Diego where the first fort and mission were established to serve as frontier outposts. The King sent military troops and Franciscan missionaries to the new land to colonize the territory and convert its Indian inhabitants to Christianity.

Over 54 years, four forts, or presidios, and twenty-one missions were founded along the California coast. Some of these sites eventually evolved into the state's major cities, including San Diego, Santa Barbara, San Jose and San Francisco.

Founding of the California missions began seven years before the American Declaration of Independence was signed in 1776, and ended 25 years before gold was discovered at Sutter's Mill in 1848. Mission expansion came to an end in 1823, when mission bells rang in Sonoma. See less