Product details

Handmade Christmas Tree Ornament - Santa Clara de Asis California Mission ChurchSpaced along the California coast stand twenty-one mission churches. These simple yet massive structures of adobe and stone draw more travelers than most any other historical California attraction.This ornament design features the 8th Mission built and each detail is drawn from the artists original interpretations rendered in terra-cotta clay. It measures approximately 3 1/2 by 3 1/2 inches and hangs from a polytwine loop. Each piece is glazed and kiln fired with the name of the Mission and Founding Date on the back side.The following information was compiled from The California Missions a Pictorial History, published in 1979. Santa Clara de Asis, founded in 1777 is the eighth built after a delay of several months because of a Native American uprising at San Luis Obispo. It was laid out on a site chosen by Juan Bautista de Anza about forty miles southeast of Mission Dolores.Have a beautiful Christmas Celebration, and add an original ornament to your Holiday Decor this Season or gift your favorite Ornament Collector. Collect all twenty-one and start a new tradition with your display!