A bird takes flight from a cross at Mission San Juan, Tuesday, June 30, 2015, in San Antonio. Mission San Juan is one of five 18th-century missions in San Antonio, including the Alamo, that may ...

A trip to San Antonio isn’t complete unless you sample its Tex-Mex along the Riverwalk and visit at least one of the missions ...

The Alamo is unquestionably the most famous of the five Spanish missions that make up the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site. Though the Alamo fell in battle against the Mexicans in 1836 ...

Mission San Juan is one of five 18th-century missions in San Antonio, including the Alamo, that may soon have the World Heritage Site recognition. (AP Photo/Eric Gay) Eric Gay / AP.

The storied San Antonio missions, including the Alamo, were built as the Spanish Empire expanded its dominion northward and later served as focal points in the war for Texas' independence. They ...

The town needed a layout that could accommodate an explosion of people, like that of 1773, when East Texas' many missions were closed and the populations within were relocated to San Antonio.

If there's one thing San Antonio is known for, it's the Alamo. Once a Franciscan mission, it was here that 189 Texans fought and lost their lives in 1836 during a 13-day siege by Mexican ruler ...

Researcher examining walls of San Antonio’s Alamo church to determine whether it was painted in mission times By Scott Huddleston , Staff writer Updated Nov 14, 2020 3:10 p.m.

A drawing of the Alamo Mission in San Antonio, first printed in 1854. Wikimedia Commons. But the mission, cursed with natural disasters and construction mishaps, never made it to that exalted status.

Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under President General Antonio López de Santa Anna launched an assault on the Alamo Mission near San Antonio de Béxar (modern-day San Antonio), Texas ...

Reporting from SAN ANTONIO — The most famous building in Texas is smaller than you expect, and it’s about as pretty as your average California mission. In fact, it was once a mission, though ...

Alamo officials on Thursday confirmed that limestone from a historic quarry that once existed at the zoo’s location was excavated for construction of the Mission San Antonio de Valero’s third ...