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Image:Building a Mission.jpg|{{Building a Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Construction of the first Santa Bárbara mission. | Image:Building a Mission.jpg|{{Building a Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Construction of the first Santa Bárbara mission. | ||
Image:Perspective-View-SB-by-HABS.jpg|{{Perspective-View-SB-by-HABS.jpg/credit}}<br />A perspective view of Mission Santa Barbara as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Arch-Drawing-monastery-and-church-HASB.jpg|{{Arch-Drawing-monastery-and-church-HASB.jpg/credit}}<br />A floor plan drawing of Mission Santa Barbara as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Archtectural-Drawing-front-and-side-view-HASB.jpg|{{Archtectural-Drawing-front-and-side-view-HASB.jpg/credit}}<br />Elevation drawings of Mission Santa Barbara as prepared by the Historic American Buildings Survey in 1937. | |||
Image:Cemetery Entrance.jpg|{{Cemetery Entrance.jpg/credit}}<br />Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (''campo santos''). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death. | Image:Cemetery Entrance.jpg|{{Cemetery Entrance.jpg/credit}}<br />Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (''campo santos''). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death. | ||
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Revision as of 20:33, 15 November 2012
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Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (campo santos). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death.