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Mission Basilica San Buenaventura is an 18th-century Spanish mission located in Ventura, California, founded on March 31, 1782 by Junipero Serra as the ninth mission in the chain. The mission served the Chumash people and was secularized in 1836, later returned to the Church in 1862, and is now operated as a parish church and museum by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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Mission Basilica San Buenaventura is an 18th-century Spanish mission located in Ventura, California, founded on March 31, 1782 by Junipero Serra as the ninth mission in the chain. The mission served the Chumash people and was secularized in 1836, later returned to the Church in 1862, and is now operated as a parish church and museum by the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles.
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mission · california-history · spanish-colonial · chumash · ventura · religious-site · landmark
Key entities
Mission San Buenaventura (location, 0.99) · Ventura, California (location, 0.99) · Junipero Serra (person, 0.99) · St. Bonaventure (person, 0.95) · Chumash (concept, 0.98) · Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles (organization, 0.97) · Spanish mission (concept, 0.98)
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