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Historical Marker
San Fernando Cathedral
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About this site
San Fernando Cathedral is a historical marker in San Antonio, Bexar County, dedicated in 1966. It is one of 239 historical markers documented in Bexar County in the Texas Historical Commission Atlas, among 542 historic sites cataloged across the county.
The site sits at 29.4245, -98.4939 near San Antonio. The nearest cataloged historic site is Church of Nuestra Senora de la Candelaria y Guadalupe (historic place), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Frost, T.C., and the Frost Bank, Surrender of Federal Forces by General David E. Twiggs, and Seguin, Erasmo.
This record corresponds to Texas Historical Commission Atlas #5029004538. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
History
San Fernando Cathedral traces its origins to 1731, when Canary Islander settlers founded the parish church of San Fernando in the heart of Spanish San Antonio; its cornerstone was laid in 1738 and the church was dedicated in 1755. The oldest standing church building in Texas, it became a cathedral with the creation of the Diocese of San Antonio in 1874. During the 1836 siege of the Alamo, Santa Anna is said to have raised his blood-red 'no quarter' flag from its tower.
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