Wooden Bench outside gift shop - Mission San Xavier del Bac - The White Dove of the Desert

I began my Southern Arizona Adventure 2024 with a stop at The White Dove of the Desert - Mission San Xavier del Bac. This is stage 1 of 9. This Mission on O'odham lands is one of the earliest European settlements in Arizona. I arrived early before many tourists could get in my way.
This is a wooden bench outside of a gift shop at a little mall near the Mission.

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mission_San_Xavier_del_Bac
Mission San Xavier del Bac (Spanish: La Mision de San Xavier del Bac) is a historic Spanish Catholic mission located about 10 miles (16 km) south of downtown Tucson, Arizona, on the Tohono O'odham Nation San Xavier Indian Reservation. The mission was founded in 1692 by Padre Eusebio Kino[1] in the center of a centuries-old settlement of the Sobaipuri O'odham, a branch of the Akimel or River O'odham located along the banks of the Santa Cruz River. The mission was named for Francis Xavier, a Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order) in Europe. The original church was built to the north of the present Franciscan church. This northern church or churches served the mission until it was razed during an Apache raid in 1770.

www.southwestdiscovered.com/the-white-dove-of-the-desert-...
www.nps.gov/subjects/travelspanishmissions/san-xavier-del...

Haiku thoughts:
In the desert sun,
San Xavier's walls whisper,
History's embrace.

Southern Arizona Adventure 2024,
HBM! Happy Bench Monday

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Taken in: United States / Arizona / Rancho de Martinez (show map)

Taken on: November 14, 2024

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