San Xavier del Bac is the oldest intact European building in Arizona. Father Eusebio Kino founded the mission in 1692. San Xavier del Bac was built from 1783-1797. Today, the mission and school ...

The exterior of San Xavier del Bac, a mission that dates back to the 1700s, will undergo a rehabilitation process to preserve the tan facade's original plaster. The project to rehabilitate the tan ...

Or you can visit Tucson, Arizona, to tour San Xavier del Bac Mission church, the lovingly restored cathedral in the desert. One of the oldest churches in the American Southwest, San Xavier del Bac ...

It’s called Mission San Xavier del Bac, and it has been standing there since 1797 or thereabouts. When you walk inside, you enter an almost complete 18th-century environment - a world of rich ...

Mission San Xavier del Bac (known as the White Dove of the Desert) is one of the finest examples of baroque architecture in the U.S. Influenced by Moorish, Byzantine, Renaissance and Mexican ...

Mission San Xavier del Bac was named to the 2016 World Monuments Watch — a list of cultural heritage sites that are fragile and in need of international attention in hopes of ensuring their future.

TUCSON, Ariz. (KGUN) — San Xavier del Bac Mission has been part of the Tohono O’odham Nation for more than 225 years. To maintain the working Catholic Church takes nonstop preservation efforts.

San Xavier del Bac Mission is one of Arizona's oldest churches and the oldest intact European structure in the state. While it attracts thousands of visitors each year, San Xavier Del Bac Mission ...