555 W. Temple St, Los Angeles, CA 90012 (click to view)
This beautiful mural located in the Cathedral of Our Lady of Angeles in Downtown
Los Angeles depicts an intersecting portrait of early 18th Century life. From the right corner is Father Junipero below him is Alfonso De Portola, the Spanish military
governor, who led the voyage from Mexico to establish missions along the coast
of Alta California. The ship in the left hand corner is one of three that left Mexico
in support of the journey. The mural also shows the native people building the
first mission at San Diego then harvesting the crops that came from establishing
these mission communities. The bottom left corner represents the many Mexican
immigrants that have come to this country and have made the Church such an
important part of California. Overseeing all of this is a figure that represents the
mother of countless men and women on which the California history is built but
who never received the credit or recognition for their daily efforts.
(Description by: Ellyse Brautigam, 2013)
Photo credit: Isabel Rojas-Williams