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Image:Building a Mission.jpg|{{Building a Mission.jpg/credit}}<br />Construction of the first Santa Bárbara mission. | |||
Image:Cemetery Entrance.jpg|{{Cemetery Entrance.jpg/credit}}<br />Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (''campo santos''). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death. | Image:Cemetery Entrance.jpg|{{Cemetery Entrance.jpg/credit}}<br />Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (''campo santos''). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death. | ||
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Revision as of 00:39, 15 November 2012
(PD) Drawing: Alexander Harmer
Construction of the first Santa Bárbara mission.
(CC) Photo: Robert A. Estremo
Stone "skull and crossbone" carvings denote the cemetery entrance at Mission Santa Barbara. Actual skulls and bones were long used to mark the entrances to Spanish cemeteries (campo santos). The practice, dating back many centuries, led to the symbol eventually becoming associated with the concept of death.
