It should be flat hilly with a forest around for protection and for Native Americans.
Flat
It should be flat hilly with a forest around for protection and for Native Americans.
It was built like any other mission.
Santa Barbara Mission is a Franciscan mission built in 1786.
They were chosen by the quality of the land around the mission like mission San Jaun Capistrano for farming and grazing for the animals.
It was fertile land.
The related link should show the exterior of the reconstructed mission.
"A room with double occupancy at the Mission Inn will run about $169. The Mission Inn was built in the 1800's and it looks like a huge castle. It is very popular, so make your reservation early."
yes most of them are built like that
here is all the Arcitecture in mission Santa Barbara .church were they learn about the padre's god .fountain where they use to do their laundry .storage room were they stored things .statues that were built by very good Sculpters like Jose Antonio Ramirez who built the fountain .muesuems were the priests live and they will give you tours and they will teach about the mission history So,that is all the Architecture in mission Santa Barbara
It was swampy because it was on a lake. Also because it was on a lake they built Chinampas to expand their land
It is on built entirely on stilts out over the lake, sort of like a Middle-earth Venice.