The Alamo was built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress.
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The original structure was the second of two buildings that served as a Spanish church and mission (Mission San Antonio de Valero) from 1758 to 1793.
The Alamo was originally created as a mission by the Spanish in an attempt to convert the Native Americans to Christianity.
If you mean the abondoned Spanish mission involved in the battle for the independence of Texas, USA, then the materials used in its construction included: * Stone [mostly Limestone] * Mortar * Cedar logs and posts * Dirt as backfill * Some nails * Rope for lashing
Alamo formerly known as Mission San Antonio de Valero, originally a Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, and now a museum, in San Antonio, Texas.
The Alamo Mission was built in 1718 as a Spanish mission called San Antonio de Valero.
The mission was built in what is now (Downtown) San Antonio, Texas.
The Alamo started construction in 1724, and finished twenty years later in 1744.
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According to the Texas State Library & Archives Commission, the Alamo was built in 1718, making it 118 years old at the time of the Battle of the Alamo.
it as a mission in 1718 so it was built before that.
Yes they did ,they built it for spanish missionaries.
It was built under Spanish rule
It was built as a frontier mission settlement.
The Alamo was built with blocks of locally-quarried limestone.
According to the Texas State Library & Archives Commission, the Alamo was built in 1718, making it 118 years old at the time of the Battle of the Alamo.
It was built as a Catholic Spanish mission.
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no it was in 1724
it as a mission in 1718 so it was built before that.
this is the Alamo
1744
Yes they did ,they built it for spanish missionaries.
It was built under Spanish rule
It was built as a frontier mission settlement.
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