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{{Short description|Historic Catholic church in Los Angeles, California}}
{{citation style|date=November 2014}}
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name=La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles|
location=[[Los Angeles, California]]|
translation=The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels|
namesake=[[Mary, mother of Jesus]]|
nickname=|
founded=August 18, 1814 |
foundedby=Father [[Luis Gíl y Taboada]]|
foundingorder=|
owner=[[Roman Catholic Church]]|
currentuse=[[Parish Church]]
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| locmapin=United States Los Angeles Central
|  map_caption=Location in Central Los Angeles
|  designation1=California
|  designation1_number=[http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21427 #144]
|  designation2=LAHCM
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'''La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles''' ([[English language|English]]: "The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels")<ref>California Mission Studies Association</ref> is a historic [[Catholic Church|Catholic]] [[Church (building)|church]] in [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], located on the historic [[Plaza de Los Ángeles]] near [[Downtown Los Angeles]]. Part of the larger [[El Pueblo de los Ángeles Historical Monument]], the church's origins date to 1784, when the Spanish founded the [[Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles Asistencia]] to support nearby [[Mission San Gabriel Arcángel]]. By 1814, the asistencia had been abandoned and a new church was founded in its place by Padre Luis Gil y Taboada. The church is one of the [[List of the oldest buildings in California|oldest buildings in Los Angeles]].
==History==
[[File:Altar at Plazita Church..jpg|thumb|left|The gilded [[altar (Catholic Church)|altar]] of the church]]
[[File:La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles.jpg|thumb|left|A photograph of the "Plaza Church" taken by [[William Henry Jackson]] between 1890 and 1900. The structure incorporated a four-bell ''[[Belfry (architecture)|campanario]]'' prior to being rebuilt in 1861.<ref>Miller and Knill, p. 1</ref>]]
La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Ángeles ("The Church of Our Lady Queen of the Angels") was founded on August&nbsp;18, 1814, by Franciscan Fray Luis Gil y Taboada. He placed the [[cornerstone]] for the new church in the adobe ruins of the original "sub-station mission" here, the ''[[Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles Asistencia|Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles Asistencia]]'' (founded 1784), thirty years after it was established to serve the settlement founding ''[[Los Angeles Pobladores]]'' (original settlers). The completed new structure was dedicated on December&nbsp;8, 1822.<ref name="ruscin49">Ruscin, p. 49.</ref> A replacement chapel, named ''La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora de los Ángeles'' – for [[Mary, mother of Jesus]] or "The Church of Our Lady of the Angels" –  was rebuilt using materials of the original church in 1861. The title ''Reina'', meaning "Queen", was added later to the name.<ref name="ruscin50">Ruscin, p. 50.</ref> For years, the little chapel, which collected the nicknames "''La Placita''" and "Plaza Church", served as the sole Roman Catholic church in Los Angeles.
==20th century==
The facility has operated under the auspices of the [[Claretians|Claretian Missionary Fathers]] since 1908.<ref>http://apostoladocmf.org/p/america/-usa/los-angeles/la-placita. Access 11/02/2019</ref>
The building was designated as one of the first three [[Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments]] in 1962.<ref name = "LAHCM_list">{{Cite web | publisher = Los Angeles Department of City Planning | date = September 7, 2007 | title = Historic - Cultural Monuments (HCM) Listing: City Declared Monuments | url =http://www.cityprojectca.org/ourwork/documents/HCMDatabase090707.pdf | access-date = 2008-05-29 }}</ref> It has also been designated as a [[California Historical Landmark]].<ref>[http://ohp.parks.ca.gov/default.asp?page_id=21427 #144 California Historical Landmark]</ref>
==21st century==
The church is a part of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles and serves as a neighborhood parish church, as well as a cultural landmark.  Since the 1960s it has been retrofitted against earthquakes.  Masses are said in Spanish and English.
==California Historical Landmark Marker==
[[California Historical Landmark]] Marker NO. 144 at the site reads:<ref>[https://www.californiahistoricallandmarks.com/landmarks/chl-144 californiahistoricallandmarks.com  144, Nuestra Señora Reina de los Angeles]</ref>
*''NO. 144 NUESTRA SEÑORA LA REINA DE LOS ANGELES - La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora la Reina de Los Angeles-the Church of Our Lady the Queen of the Angels-was dedicated on December 8, 1822 during California's Mexican era. Originally known as La Iglesia de Nuestra Senora de Los Angeles, the church was the only Catholic church for the pueblo. Today it primarily serves the Hispanic population of Los Angeles.''
==Gallery==
<gallery>
Image:LaPlacitaChurchFromSpringStreet2.JPG|The Spring Street entrance of Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles (Our Lady Queen of Angels/La Placita Church—the main church, not the chapel)
Image:La Placita Church, Los Angeles California.jpg|La Placita Church in the Old Plaza in Los Angeles, CA circa 1880.
Image:LosAngeles-Plaza-1869.jpg|The "Old Plaza Church" facing the Plaza, 1869. The brick reservoir in the middle of the Plaza was the original terminus of the ''[[Zanja Madre]]''.
File:La Placita Parish 2007.jpg|The entrance of Nuestra Señora Reina de los Ángeles (La Placita Church)''Chapel'' located at 535&nbsp;North Main Street in Downtown Los Angeles on July&nbsp;20, 2007.
File:Altar Our Lady Queen of Angels, Old Mission Church, Los Angeles, California (68396).jpg|Postcard showing interior circa 1940s
File:Left side altar at La Plazita Church .jpg|Left side altar. Our Lady of Guadalupe image.
</gallery>
==See also==
*[[List of Spanish missions in California]]
*[[Los Angeles Plaza Historic District]]
*[[Olvera Street]]
*[[List of Los Angeles Historic-Cultural Monuments in Downtown Los Angeles]]
*[[History of Los Angeles]]
*[[USNS Mission Los Angeles (T-AO-117)|USNS ''Mission Los Angeles'']] (AO-117) – a Mission Buenaventura class [[Oiler (ship)|fleet oiler]] built during [[World War II]].
*[[Sanctuary movement]]
*[[Porziuncola]]
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==Notes==
* {{cite book|editor=Miller, Henry and Harry Knill |year=2000|title=California Missions: The Earliest Series of Views Made in 1856|publisher=Bellerophon Books, Santa Barbara, CA|isbn=0-88388-119-5|url-access=registration|url=https://archive.org/details/accountoftourofc0000mill}}
* {{cite book|author=Ruscin, Terry|year=1999|title=Mission Memoirs|publisher=Sunbelt Publications, San Diego, CA|isbn=0-932653-30-8}}
* {{cite web|title=Directory for Missions and other Hispanic Sites |work=California Mission Studies Association |url=http://www.ca-missions.org/harley.html |access-date=2007-05-30 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402144559/http://www.ca-missions.org/harley.html |archive-date=2007-04-02 |url-status=dead }}
==References==
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==External links==
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20110927135726/http://daguerre.frejol.org/photos/20040728013/1024x768.jpg Nuestra Señora Reina de Los Angeles — photo gallery]
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20070327231015/http://www.newsanctuarymovement.org/build-tradition.htm Sanctuary Movement — history of New Sanctuary Movement] — ''webpage''
*[https://web.archive.org/web/20160530211550/http://www.elpueblo.lacity.org/index.htm El Pueblo de Los Angeles Historical Monument] — ''City of Los Angeles''
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