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Visit Mireuksa, Baekje, South Korea (UNESCO Site)
Mireuksa was the largest Buddhist temple in the ancient Korean kingdom of Baekje. The temple was established in 602, by King Mu. This place depends nowadays from Iksan City (Iksan-si, Chollabuk-do, South Korea). The site was excavated in 1980, disclosing many hitherto unknown facts about Baekje architecture. The stone pagoda at Mireuksa is one of two extant Baekje pag... -
Visit Mirisawetiya Vihara, Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka
The Mirisaweti Stupa is situated in the ancient city of Anuradhapura, Sri Lanka. King Dutugamunu (161 BC to 137 BC) built the Mirisaveti Stupa after defeating King Elara. After placing the Buddha relics in the sceptre, he had gone to Tissa Wewa for a bath leaving the sceptre. After the bath he returned to the place where the sceptre was placed, and it is said that it ... -
See Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó, Baja California, Mexico
Misión de Nuestra Señora de Loreto Conchó, or Mission Loreto, was founded on October 25, 1697 at the Monqui settlement of Conchó in the present city of Loreto, Baja California Sur, Mexico. Established by the Jesuit missionary Juan María de Salvatierra, this earliest successful mission in Baja California is sometimes considered "head ... -
Visit Misión de Nuestra Señora del Pilar de La Paz Airapí Site, La Paz, Baja California Sur, Mexico
The seventh California mission was founded by two Jesuit padres: Jaime Bravo and Juan de Ugarte. The site was near the shore of La Paz Bay and locally known as Airapí. The journey to La Paz began at Loreto on the Jesuit ship ‘El Triunfo de la Cruz’ built in Mulegé from lumber cut in the mountains to the west. Padres Bravo and Ugarte were join... -
Visit Misión La Purísima Concepción de Cadegomó Ruins, Baja California Sur
Mission La Purísima, was founded west of Loreto in Baja California Sur, by the Jesuit missionary Nicolás Tamaral in 1720. By 1735 it had been moved to a new location at the Cochimí ranchería known as Cadegomó, meaning "arroyo of the carrizos", about 30 kilometers south of the original site. The mission was abandoned in 1822. In the e... -
Off-road to Misión Nuestra Señora de Guadalupe de Huasinapi, Mulege, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Mission Guadalupe was established by the Jesuit Everardo Helen in 1720, at the Cochimí settlement of Huasinapí in the Sierra de la Giganta about 40 kilometers west of Mulegé, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The mission went through a typical trajectory of demographic decline experienced by the Baja California missions, as the neophyte population dwin... -
See Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá, Baja California, Mexico
Located in Baja California, Mexico about 200 miles south of Ensenada, Misión San Fernando Rey de España de Velicatá was the only mission founded by Franciscans in Baja California. The site for the future mission was identified by the Jesuit missionary-explorer Wenceslaus Linck in 1766. After the Jesuits were replaced by the Franciscans in 1768, th... -
Visit Misión San Francisco Borja, Baja, Mexico
Called “San Borja” for short, this is the northern-most stone mission on the peninsula. The church that stands today was built in 1801 and the impressive beige quarry-stone building is a striking find in the middle of the desert. With a remote location, the mission is accessed with a scenic off-road drive from the road out to Bahía de los Án... -
See Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó, Baja California, Mexico
Misión San Francisco Javier de Viggé-Biaundó was a Spanish mission in San Javier, Baja California Sur, Mexico. The Spanish mission of San Francisco Javier was initially founded by the Jesuit missionary Francisco María Piccolo in 1699 at a spring called Biaundó by the native Cochimí, about 8 kilometers north of the mission's su... -
See Misión San Ignacio Kadakaamán, Baja California, Mexico
Located right on the picturesque town plaza of San Ignacio, this mission is one of the most beautiful and easy-to-visit missions in the peninsula. In its time as an operating mission, many expeditions were launched from San Ignacio to find new mission sites. One of these expeditions in 1746 was to the Colorado River Delta and put an end to the misconception that Calif... -
Visit Misión San José de Comondú Ruins, Baja California Sur
Mission San José de Comondú was one of the Jesuit missions established early in the 18th century in Baja California Sur, Mexico, west of Loreto on an arroyo flowing to the Pacific coast. "Comondú" was a place name of the native Cochimí, who were the objects of the missionaries' efforts. Over the course of its existence, the mission was twic... -
Visit Misión San Juan Bautista Malibat/Ligüí Ruins, Baja California Sur
Misión San Juan Bautista Malibat also known as the Misión San Juan Bautista de Ligüí was founded by the Jesuit missionary Pedro de Ugarte in November 1705, about 30 kilometres (19 mi) kilometers south of Loreto near the Gulf of California coast of what is today the Mexican state of Baja California Sur. San Juan Bautista mission had the object... -
Off-road to Misión San Luis Gonzaga Chiriyaqui, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Mission San Luis Gonzaga was a Jesuit mission was founded on July 14, 1737 among the Guaycura on the Magdalena Plains of central Baja California Sur, Mexico. San Luis Gonzaga is one of the surviving stone mission churches and was the last mission founded in Baja California Sur This location was established years earlier as a visita (satellite chapel) of Mission Nuestr... -
Trek to Misión San Pedro Mártir de Verona, Baja California
Mission San Pedro Mártir was established by the Dominican missionary José Loriente on 27 April 1794, in the Sierra San Pedro mountain range in northern Baja California, Mexico. San Pedro Mártir is one of only two California missions not accessible by automobile. A two or three day backpack hike or mule ride is required to reach the site. The usual... -
Off-road to Misión Santa Gertrudis, Baja California, California
Mission Santa Gertrudis, called Dolores del Norte by some historians, was founded by the Jesuit missionary Jorge Retz in 1751 among the Cochimí Indians of the Baja California Peninsula, about 80 kilometers north of San Ignacio. The mission is located in the modern-day Mexican state of Baja California. The future mission site was found by the missionary-explorer...
