Tumacácori National Historical Park is
located in the upper Santa Cruz River Valley of southern Arizona. The park
protects the ruins of three Spanish mission communities, two of which are
National Historic Landmark sites.
The Spanish Colonial architecture Franciscan
church at San José de Tumacácori (seen in the image above) dates to the late
18th century. The earlier Jesuit missions that were established at Tumacácori
and Guevavi in 1691 are the two oldest missions in southern Arizona.
The third unit, San Cayetano de Calabazas, was established
in 1756. The Guevavi and Calabazas units are not open to the general public and
can only be visited on reserved tours led by park staff. The main unit of the
park, the Tumacácori Mission, has a visitor center and museum and is open to
the public every day except Christmas and Thanksgiving.
More than just adobe, plaster, and wood, these ruins evoke
tales of life and land transformed by cultures meeting and mixing. Father
Kino’s 1691 landmark visit to an O’odham village when he established Mission
Tumacácori was just one event among many. Wave after wave of change has passed
across this realm proving the land and its people are not static.
- Operating Hours: 9:00AM-5:00PM daily, except Thanksgiving and Christmas Day
- Entrance Fee: $3.00 per person, age 16 or older, which is valid for seven days.
- Tumacácori Annual Pass: $10.00 (admits pass holder and three adults. Children under 16 enter free.)
Here's a short photo montage I put together of the main church site:
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Cool video! It was short and sweet. I lived it.
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