Misión Santa Gertrudis

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Misión Santa Gertrudis is an 18th-century Spanish Catholic mission in Baja California, Mexico, historically notable for its role in evangelizing and documenting the culture and language of the indigenous Cochimí people.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Spanish Catholic mission
historic site
architecturalStyle mission architecture
associatedWithEthnicGroup Cochimí people
constructionMaterial stone
country Mexico
culturalRegion Central Baja California
linked to: Baja California
culturalSignificance interaction zone between Spaniards and Cochimí
dedicatedTo Saint Gertrude the Great
denomination Catholic
ecclesiasticalJurisdiction Catholic Church in New Spain
foundedBy Jesuit missionaries
foundedFor evangelization of the Cochimí people
foundedInCentury 18th century
foundedInPeriod Spanish colonial period
governedBy Spanish Crown (colonial era)
linked to: Spanish Empire
hasChapel mission church
hasFeature agricultural terraces
irrigation works
stone church building
hasFunction agricultural center
mission outpost network node
religious center
hasStatus historic monument
heritage Spanish colonial
heritageDesignation local historic site
historicalRole center for cultural documentation of Cochimí
center for linguistic documentation of Cochimí
knownFor documenting Cochimí culture
documenting Cochimí language
evangelizing the Cochimí people
languageDocumented Cochimí language
locatedIn Baja California Peninsula
linked to: Baja California

Baja California, Mexico
linked to: Baja California

Mulegé Municipality
Sierra de Santa Gertrudis
linked to: Sierra de San Borja
locatedNear oases of central Baja California
locatedOn El Camino Real Misionero
namedAfter Saint Gertrude
partOf Spanish missions in the Californias
mission system of the Californias
region Baja California desert
religiousAffiliation Roman Catholic Church
linked to: Roman Catholicism
religiousOrder Society of Jesus
religiousRite Catholic Mass
timePeriod 18th century New Spain
tourism cultural tourism site
usedFor Christianization of indigenous peoples

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Cochimí language associatedWithMission Misión Santa Gertrudis
Jesuit mission chain in Baja California hasPart Misión Santa Gertrudis La Magna
linked to: Misión Santa Gertrudis