Mission San Francisco de Assisi

Cemetery San Francisco de Assisi

 Mission San Francisco de Assisi. The only Mission with an "Official" nickname. The historical marker in front of the mission identifies it at "Mission Dolores." The mission was originally founded at the site of a small lake, now completely covered, which was discovered on the Feast of Our Lady of Sorrows (Dolores in Spanish) The mission is perhaps most famous for its graveyard. Kim Novak walked through this graveyard in the movie Vertigo, to leave flowers on Carlotta's grave.

The beams crossing the ceilings are single redwood tree trunks. They were decorated in a basket weave design. Basket weaving was one of the highest art forms the Native Miwoks had. It was they who built the church and they who decorated the beams to replicate their artistry

Interior San Francisco de Assisi