Spanish missions in Mexico

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Convento de San Agustín de Yuriria.

The Spanish missions in Mexico are a series of religious outposts established by Spanish Catholic Franciscans, Jesuits, Augustinians, and Dominicans to spread the Christian doctrine among the local natives. Since 1493, the Kingdom of Spain had maintained a number of missions throughout Nueva España (New Spain, consisting of Mexico and portions of what today are the Southwestern United States) in order to facilitate colonization of these lands. In 1533, at the request of Hernán Cortés, Carlos V sent the first Franciscan monks with orders to establish a series of installations throughout the country.

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Spanish Missions:
  Arizona | Baja California | California | Carolinas | Florida | Georgia | Mexico  
  New Mexico | Sonoran Desert | South America | Texas | Trinidad | Virginia  
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