We visited this mission - which was built in the mid-1600s by the Fransicans, later run by the Jesuits. The mission is constructed with plaster floors and hand made bricks underneath the centuries of upgraded materials and restorations. Apparently the Spanish intended for this northernmost and remote mission to become a central place for expansion into what is today, Arizona. But it never happened. Here are pictures from inside the dome, the small chapel outside, the terrace, and some artwork. The mission is currently used by the Tohona d'Odham Indian tribe for Catholic mass. A school, cemetary and related outbuildings are nearby.
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