The Alamo Mission San Antonio De Valero

The Alamo Mission in San Antonio also known as Mission San Antonio de Valero is a UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Antonio, Texas. In 1716, Roman Catholic missions in East Texas was being established by the Spanish government. San Juan Bautista, Coahuila, the nearest Spanish Settlement was approximately over 400 miles away. It was then declared that San Antonio de Valero would be used as a new mission. Father Antonio de San Buenaventura y Olivares was in charge of the mission which was located near Coahuiltecans (Spanish Texas 1519 - 1821, 1992). Where the flood would less likely to occur, the mission then moved to the western bank within a year and a few missions were established. In 1724, the Gulf Coast hurricane caused the construction of Mission San Antonio de Valero to be destroyed (A matter of honour, 1992).
The first perpetual building was a stone residence which was shaped like a L-shaped and the two-story for the priests. The building that was builded was used as parts of the south and west edges of an inner courtyard (Alamo images, 1985). A textile workshop was erected and a few barracks buildings were constructed for the mission Indians. For it to be a more perpetual church building in 1744, the first stones were being laid (A matter of honour, 1982). However, it collapsed in the late 1750s (Alamo images, 1985). With the new chapel located at the inner courtyard, reconstruction soon began in 1758. Intended to be a three stories high, a 4 feet (1.2m) thick limestone blocks was constructed with bell towers on the side and topped by a dome (The Alamo, 2005). With short transepts and a long nave, it was shaped like a traditional cross (Alamo Images,