Located about 16km south of downtown Tucson, on the Tohono O'odhamSan Xavier Indian Reservation, Mission San Xavier del Bac is a historic Spanish Catholic mission, founded in 1692 and named for a pioneering Christian missionary and co-founder of the Society of Jesus (Jesuit Order), Francis Xavier. In 1700 construction began on a church at a site nearby the current Mission. It served the community until razed by Apaches in 1770. Today's Mission was built between 1783-1797 and is widely considered to be the finest example of Spanish Colonial architecture in the United States.
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