Mission San Francisco Solano
Mission San Francisco Solano was the 21st, last, and northernmost mission in Alta California. It was named for Saint Francis Solanus. It was the only mission built in Alta California after Mexico gained independence from Spain.| Tap on a place to explore it |
- Type: Church
- Denomination: Roman Catholic
- Description: last mission built in Alta California, located in Sonoma, California
- Also known as: “Mission San Francisco de Solano de Sonoma”, “New San Francisco Mission”, “Nuevo San Francisco”, and “Sonoma Mission”
- Address: Sonoma, 95476
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Blue Wing Inn and Sonoma Plaza.
Blue Wing Inn
Museum
Photo: KLOTZ, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Blue Wing Inn in Sonoma, California, was one of the first hotels built in the state north of San Francisco. What began as the first property transfer in the new Pueblo de Sonoma and a simple adobe residence transformed with time and the addition of more rooms into a storied landmark.
Sonoma Plaza
Park
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Sonoma Plaza is the central plaza of Sonoma, California. The plaza, the largest in California, was laid out in 1835 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo, founder of Sonoma.
Bear Flag Monument
Work of art
Photo: Frank Schulenburg, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Bear Flag Monument is a public artwork located at the Sonoma Plaza in Sonoma, California in the United States. A monument to the Bear Flag Revolt, the piece is listed as a California Historical Landmark. Bear Flag Monument is situated 340 feet southwest of Mission San Francisco Solano.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Sonoma and El Verano.
Sonoma
Photo: Rennett Stowe, CC BY 2.0.
Sonoma is a city in the Sonoma Valley within Sonoma County, in the north part of the Bay Area of California. With its central location in wine country, the city of Sonoma, with little over 10,000 residents, attracts thousands of visitors from around the world for wine tastings.
El Verano
El Verano is a village of 3,900 people in the Sonoma Valley, part of Sonoma County, within the San Francisco Bay Area in California. This page also has information on Boyes Hot Springs and Fetters Hot Springs-Agua Caliente, two adjacent, unincorporated areas.Boyes Hot Springs
Locality
Boyes Hot Springs is a census-designated place in Sonoma Valley, Sonoma County, California, United States. The population was 6,215 people at the 2020 census. Boyes Hot Springs is situated 2 miles northwest of Mission San Francisco Solano.
Mission San Francisco Solano
- Categories: Christian mission, museum, building, place of worship, and religion
- Location: Sonoma County, California, United States, North America
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Latitude
38.29384° or 38° 17′ 38″ northLongitude
-122.45591° or 122° 27′ 21″ westElevation
98 feet (30 metres)Open location code
84CV7GVV+GJOpenStreetMap ID
way 274714293OpenStreetMap feature
amenity=place_of_worshipOpenStreetMap feature
building=yesOpenStreetMap attribute
denomination=roman_catholic
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In Other Languages
From Dutch to Spanish—“Mission San Francisco Solano” goes by many names.
- Dutch: “San Francisco Solano-missie”
- French: “mission San Francisco Solano”
- French: “Mission San Francisco Solano”
- German: “Mission San Francisco Solano”
- Slovenian: “Mission San Francisco Solano”
- Spanish: “Misión de San Francisco Solano”
- Spanish: “Misión de Sonoma”
- Spanish: “Misión San Francisco Solano”
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