Mission San Francisco Solano and the Sonoma Barracks, Sonoma, CA

In 1819 Father Jose Altimira came from Barcelona, Spain to work at the Dolores Mission in San Francisco. He didn’t like the mission in San Francisco because it was not adventerous enough for him and he found the foggy weather … Continue reading

El Palacio De Bellas Artes (Fine Arts Palace), Mexico City, Mexico

(click on any image to expand) It was 1904 and Mexico was about to celebrate their 100th anniversary. Porfirio Diaz, the dictator, needed something big to celebrate. He needed to show he was in charge and that Mexico was great, … Continue reading