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NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA - Founded nearby on the edge of the Guadalupe River on January 12, 1777, this is the first California mission to honor a woman-Clare of Assisi. The mission, which once had the largest Indian population of any in California, was moved after floods and earthquake, its fifth church was dedicated on this site in 1825. In 1851 Santa Clara College was established in the old mission buildings.
Location
In front of Mission Church, Univ of Santa Clara, The Alameda and Lexington St, Santa Clara
Open Map
![CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara de Asis](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1421484692/rcz7dhnvplonaqbm1bnw.jpg)
CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara de Asis
![NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1421484675/zaqjn1rion6heqgwnyyb.jpg)
NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA
![CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara -Interior](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1421484709/i3k5hposthz5jjp0owaj.jpg)
CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara -Interior
![CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara- Front Altar](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1421484717/x7hy3rqa7brr1ijoaqej.jpg)
CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara- Front Altar
![Saint Anthony](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1421484729/ea3xpyt0ggukjo9gawiu.jpg)
Saint Anthony
![CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara- El Camino Real Bell](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1421484788/ctqdn5abpmhvhtbfktiy.jpg)
CHL #338 Mission Santa Clara- El Camino Real Bell
![NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA - Marker](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1433233533/einkairvstnrpa6szf4z.jpg)
NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA - Marker
![NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA - State Plaque](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1433233603/sdtbtkkio9tdk0leqhfz.jpg)
NO. 338 MISSION SANTA CLARA - State Plaque
![This cross contains a portion of the original cross erected in 1777.](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1433233594/ih4qte6ywgbjg5nsqusj.jpg)
This cross contains a portion of the original cross erected in 1777.
![Portion of the original cross erected in 1777](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1433233481/jhybwmscad7aawmfbuox.jpg)
Portion of the original cross erected in 1777
![](https://res.cloudinary.com/hmwsi1uow/image/upload/c_scale,w_800/q_auto/v1433233574/uhugnvbhdvhjwyomun9s.jpg)