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Image:Choir missals at Mission San Luis Rey.jpg|{{Choir missals at Mission San Luis Rey.jpg/credit}}<br/>Illuminated choir missals on display at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1913.<ref>James, p. 215</ref> | Image:Choir missals at Mission San Luis Rey.jpg|{{Choir missals at Mission San Luis Rey.jpg/credit}}<br/>Illuminated choir missals on display at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1913.<ref>James, p. 215</ref> | ||
Image:Benjamin Brown The Mission.jpg|{{Benjamin Brown The Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />"The Mission," ''circa'' 1915. | Image:Benjamin Brown The Mission.jpg|{{Benjamin Brown The Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />"The Mission," ''circa'' 1915. | ||
Image:Mission SLR plot plan.jpg|{{Mission SLR plot plan.jpg/credit}}<br />A plot plan drawing and details of the Mission San Luís Rey de Francia complex as prepared by the U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Mission SLR floor plan.jpg|{{Mission SLR floor plan.jpg/credit}}<br />A floor plan drawing of the Mission San Luís Rey de Francia complex as prepared by the U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Mission SLR clerestory plan.jpg|{{Mission SLR clerestory plan.jpg/credit}}<br />A clerestory plan drawing of the Mission San Luís Rey de Francia complex as prepared by the U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Mission SLR elevations.jpg|{{Mission SLR elevations.jpg/credit}}<br />An elevation drawing of Mission San Luís Rey de Francia as prepared by the U.S. Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Mission San Luis Rey de Francia current.jpg|{{Mission San Luis Rey de Francia current.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (seen here in 1986) is architecturally distinctive due to the combination of Spanish, Moorish, and Mexican lines exhibited. Part of California's most pristine mission complex, the baroque façade of the church was meant to be flanked by twin towers. | Image:Mission San Luis Rey de Francia current.jpg|{{Mission San Luis Rey de Francia current.jpg/credit}}<br />Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (seen here in 1986) is architecturally distinctive due to the combination of Spanish, Moorish, and Mexican lines exhibited. Part of California's most pristine mission complex, the baroque façade of the church was meant to be flanked by twin towers. | ||
Image:Mission San Luis Rey chapel interior.jpg|{{Mission San Luis Rey chapel interior.jpg/credit}}<br />The chapel interior at Mission San Luis Rey in 2005. | Image:Mission San Luis Rey chapel interior.jpg|{{Mission San Luis Rey chapel interior.jpg/credit}}<br />The chapel interior at Mission San Luis Rey in 2005. |
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(PD) Drawing: Eugene Duflot de Mofras
In 1841, French explorer Eugene Duflot de Mofras produced a sketch of the Mission that depicted a second campanario, thereby supporting the theory that two bell towers were planned, but never completed; the lone tower was also used as a lookout post.[1](PD) Photo: Keystone-Mast Company
Inside the "cavernous" capilla (chapel) at Mission San Luís Rey de Francia, circa 1900. Dedicated in 1815, the cruciform design is shared only with the ruined "Great Stone Church" at Mission San Juan Capistrano, making the two structures unique among the Alta California missions in that regard.[2](PD) Photo: Charles C. Pierce
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia is home to with the first Peruvian Pepper Tree (Schinus molle) planted in California in 1830, visible at right behind the arches in the above photograph (taken circa 1900).[3](PD) Photo: George Wharton James
Illuminated choir missals on display at Mission San Luis Rey de Francia in 1913.[4]© Photo: Robert A. Estremo
Mission San Luis Rey de Francia (seen here in 1986) is architecturally distinctive due to the combination of Spanish, Moorish, and Mexican lines exhibited. Part of California's most pristine mission complex, the baroque façade of the church was meant to be flanked by twin towers.(PD) Photo: Dick Markell / United States Navy
USNS Mission San Luis Rey (T-AO-128) at anchor in the Long Beach / San Pedro, California area.