Guevavi Mission, Santa Cruz County, Arizona, United States
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- Guevavi Mission
- Unincorporated Populated Place
- National Historic Landmark. This NHL offers public access. Please contact the NHL directly for visitor information.
- The site of Mission Los Santos Angeles de Guavavi, which presently consists of the ruins of an adobe church and "convento", is associated with the 17th and 18th century Society of Jesus (Jesuit) missionary efforts to Christianize and acculturate the Piman Indian groups on the northwest frontier of New Spain in what in now southern Arizona. This site was the first "cabecera," or head church, to be founded by the Jesuit religious order in this area and represents the northern-most extension of the Jesuit mission chain. The extant ruins were constructed in 1745-1751 and abandoned in 1773. The mission base established by the Jesuit fathers in Pimeria Alta were stepping stones from which the succeeding Franciscans settled California. Guevavi is a name derived from the Pima word, gi-vavhia, meaning “big well” or “big spring.” This settlement of Pima Indians was first visited in January 1691 by Jesuit Fathers Kino and Salvatierra. They established it as a mission, naming it San Gabriel de Guevavi. Subsequent missionaries called it San Rafael and San Miguel, resulting in the common historical name of Los Santos Angeles de Guevavi.
- 31.410097031° 24' 36.3"N-110.9023088110° 54' 08.3"W
- Beyerville 2 mi. SE
- Nogales 5.2 mi. S
- Calabasas 5.8 mi. NW
- Rio Rico 6.1 mi. NW
- Kino Springs 6.3 mi. SE
- Otero 10.6 mi. NW
- Ione Marcus Gordon Memorial Park (Nogales) 5.6 mi. S
- Patagonia 11.7 mi. NE
- Gatlin 12.6 mi. NE
- 1,093 m
- 603792928
- Updated Apr 18, 2020