Friday, January 9, 2015

TUMACACORI NATIONAL MONUMENT

Friday, January 9 - We headed out this morning to visit Tumacacori National Monument. The Park lies 45 miles south of Tucson and 19 miles north of Nogales. The Park consists of the remains of the Mission church San Jose' deTumacacori and associated cemetery, mortuary chapel, lime kiln, and the convento. Father Kino lead the missionary for the O’odham tribe. There are guided tours, but not at the time we visited the Mission. We did the self-guided tour.

Mission San Jose deTumacacori

What the altar might have looked like.
altar

Today.
altar

There are hints of the original colors of the altar.
altar

What the original church interior might have looked like.
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Today.
church

Look how thick the walls are.
mission walls

Garden.
garden

Mortuary chapel in the cemetery.
cemetery

cemetery

Melhok Ki. A dwelling for the O’odham people.DSCN1915

The mission is being studied and preserved, but there are no plans for restoration.

Mission San Jose deTumacacori

It is a very interesting tour, and one is free to explore the entire property. There is a rather nice museum that answers many of the questions that may arise during your visit.

While visiting the Museum, Marsha was so excited to see that the original statues were able to be saved. These statues are between 4’5’-5’ tall.

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There was a Hispanic lady preparing tortillas over an mesquite wood-fired oven, which we both found very tasty.

making tortillas

We really found the next bit of information interesting.

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We really enjoyed our visit. The tour takes a little over an hour. We world recommend it to anyone in the area.

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