San Juan Capistrano, California

The Mission San Juan Capistrano is located in a city of the same name in California. The Mission was founded in 1776. Here is a short history of its early years from the Wikipedia article.

The mission was founded in 1776, by Spanish Catholics of the Franciscan Order. Named for Giovanni de Capistrano, a 15th-century theologian and "warrior priest" who resided in the Abruzzo region of Italy, San Juan Capistrano has the distinction of being home to the oldest building in California still in use, a chapel built in 1782. Known alternately as "Serra's Chapel" and "Father Serra's Church," it is the only extant structure where it has been documented that Junipero Serra celebrated Mass. One of the best known missions in Alta California,and one of the few missions to have actually been founded twice—others being Mission San Gabriel Arcángel and Mission La Purísima Concepción. The site was originally consecrated on October 30, 1775, by Fermín Lasuén, but was quickly abandoned due to unrest among the indigenous population in San Diego.

We visited the Mission on a sunny day. The downtown section of the city where the Mission is located is a crowded and very heavily promoted tourist center. There is a charge for entering and touring the grounds and parking in the area is free for the first few hours. The contrast between the quiet mission grounds and the bustle outside the walls is notable.