{"id":15989,"date":"2011-02-25T08:09:25","date_gmt":"2011-02-25T15:09:25","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.wend.ca\/?p=15989"},"modified":"2021-12-29T21:06:47","modified_gmt":"2021-12-30T02:06:47","slug":"el-presidio-de-santa-barbara","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=15989","title":{"rendered":"El Presidio de Santa Barbara"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Founded on April 21, 1782, the Santa Barbara Presidio was the second last of five Spanish military establishments built in California (<a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidio_of_Monterey,_California\">Monterey<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidio_of_San_Diego\">San Diego<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidio_of_San_Francisco\">San Francisco<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Presidio_of_Santa_Barbara\">Santa Barbara<\/a>, <a href=\"https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sonoma_Barracks\">Sonoma<\/a>).<\/p>\n<p>A presidio is <em>a fortress established in the southwestern United States by the Spanish in order to protect their missions and other holdings.<a href=\"http:\/\/wordnetweb.princeton.edu\/perl\/webwn?s=presidio\"><sup>1<\/sup><\/a><\/em> This particular presidio was responsible for protecting La Purisima, Santa Ynes, <a href=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/?p=11449\">Santa Barbara<\/a>, San Buenaventura, and the San Fernando Missions.<\/p>\n<p>The walls of the Presidio were built using sun-dried adobe bricks on a foundation of sandstone. Many were cracked over the centuries as Santa Barbara <a href=\"https:\/\/projects.eri.ucsb.edu\/sb_eqs\/SBEQCatlog\/SBEQdescrips\/SBEQs1800-1854.html\">experienced earthquakes<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>The Presido Chapel, a recreation of the 18th century original, can still be reserved for weddings and special events.<\/p>\n<div id='gallery-1' class='gallery galleryid-15989 gallery-columns-3 gallery-size-thumbnail'><figure class='gallery-item'>\n\t\t\t<div class='gallery-icon landscape'>\n\t\t\t\t<a href='https:\/\/wend.ca\/?attachment_id=71557'><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" src=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/med-IMG_1191-400x400.jpg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail\" alt=\"\" srcset=\"https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/med-IMG_1191-400x400.jpg 400w, https:\/\/wend.ca\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/02\/med-IMG_1191-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" 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