Mission Santa Inés
Mission Santa Inés in 2005 | |
| Location | 1760 Mission Drive, Solvang, California 93464 |
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| Coordinates | 34°35′40″N 120°8′13″W / 34.59444°N 120.13694°W |
| Name as founded | La Misión de Nuestra Santa Inés, Virgen y Mártir |
| English translation | The Mission of Saint Agnes of Rome, Virgin and Martyr |
| Patron | Saint Agnes of Rome |
| Nickname(s) | "Hidden Gem of the Missions" |
| Founding date | September 17, 1804 |
| Founding priest(s) | Father Presidente Pedro Estévan Tápis |
| Founding Order | Nineteenth |
| Military district | Second |
| Native tribe(s) Spanish name(s) | Chumash Inéseño |
| Native place name(s) | 'Alahulapu |
| Baptisms | 1,348 |
| Marriages | 400 |
| Burials | 1,227 |
| Secularized | 1836 |
| Returned to the Church | 1862 |
| Governing body | Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Los Angeles |
| Current use | Parish Church / Museum |
| Reference no. | 99000630 |
| Designated | 1999 |
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Mission Santa Inés (sometimes spelled Santa Ynez) was a Spanish mission in present-day Solvang, California, United States, and named after St. Agnes of Rome. Founded on September 17, 1804, by Father Estévan Tapís of the Franciscan order, the mission site was chosen as a midway point between Mission Santa Barbara and Mission La Purísima Concepción, and was designed to relieve overcrowding at those two missions and to serve the Indians living north of the Coast Range. Sunset magazine editors wrote of the Hidden Gem of the Missions: “With its simple, straightforward exterior, Santa Inés fits one’s impression of how a ripe old mission should look.”
The mission was home to the first learning institution in Alta California and today serves as a museum as well as a parish church of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles. It is also designated a National Historic Landmark, noted as one of the best-preserved of the 21 California missions.