The Inner Gardens

Navigation for San Luis Rey de Francia:

• Mission Home
• History
• Map
• Museum
• Museum (cont)
• Gardens
• Church
• Madonna Chapel
• Cemetery
• Mission Front
• Barracks and Lavanderia
• Pala Asistencia
• Las Flores Asistencia

You exit the museum into Peyri Court (area #2 above). The court is an inner garden dedicated to Padre Antonio Peyri who guided the development of the Mission from founding through secularization.	Picture taken 10:55am 22 Jul 2002
Picture taken 11:20am 22 Jul 2002

Picture taken 11:20am 22 Jul 2002

As you work your way into the courtyard you will pass by a statue of Saint Francis and several fountains. At the back of the courtyard, near the entrance to the room that shows a video about the Mission, is a nice cactus garden.

Do spend the 12 minutes or so to watch the Mission video. It is interesting and informative. The room in which the video is shown also contains a number of pictures of the Mission at various points in history as well as a wonderful painting that effectively respresents key selections from the entire Bible.

Picture taken 11:40am 22 Jul 2002

After watching the video and exploring the room, exit back into the Peyri Court and go back to the front of the courtyard. Turn left toward the sacred garden but stop in the archway between the two areas. There you will find some displays including a brandy still and two different models of the Mission. One of these contains drawings of the Mission at various stages in its development.

Picture taken 11:15am 22 Jul 2002	Picture taken 11:15am 22 Jul 2002
	Picture taken 11:15am 22 Jul 2002

Beyond the archway is the inner sacred garden. You are not allowed into the garden itself but do have a nice view of it from the allowed viewing area as you can see from the panorama of three pictures shown here.

Picture taken 11:15am 22 Jul 2002

Now, turn around and go...

Back across Peyri Court and into the Church