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Santa Gertrudis Asistencia
34.3475° N, -119.2971° E
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The Santa Gertrudis Asistencia, also known as the Santa Gertrudis Chapel, was an asistencia ("sub-mission") to the Mission San Buenaventura, part of the system of Spanish missions in Las Californias—Alta California. Built at an unknown date between 1792 and 1809, it was located approximately five miles from the main mission, inland and upstream along the Ventura River. The site was buried in 1968 by the construction of California State Route 33. Prior to the freeway's construction, archaeologists excavated and studied the site. A number of foundation stones were moved and used to create the Santa Gertrudis Asistencia Monument which was designated in 1970 as Ventura County Historic Landmark No. 11.
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Ploughed under
mid-1880s
Archaeological excavation
March 8 to April 29, 1966
Establishment (construction)
between 1792 and 1809
1812 earthquake relocation
1812
December 1818 relocation
December 1818
1857 Fort Tejon earthquake relocation
1857
Site burial for freeway construction
January 1968
Monument designation
December 1970
Thomas Fire adjacent damage
December 2017
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