San Xavier Mission compound

When we saw this place from the highway our impression was...confusion. WHAT is it doing THERE? There is NOTHING around it. There's no water source. WHY HERE amongst the mesquite and sage and.....dirt? But the area was a bit different 200 years ago.

San Xavier de Bac, a Treasure in the Desert

November 19th 2009
Geo: 31.9755, -111.098Only 9 miles south of Tuscon, the San Xavier mission commands the eye. This is not a blend-into-the-surroundings kind of building. It sits starkly white against the drab desert like nothing else. It's Baroque. It's Mexican Renaissance. It's Moorish. And it's Byzantine.But seeing it THERE, with no water around, makes you really scratch your head. WHY HERE? W ... read more

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