San Antonio's Spanish Missions: A Portrait

Since their construction in the eighteenth century, San Antonio's Spanish missions have held a fascination for visitors and residents alike. Here more than one hundred photographs by architectural photographer Mike Osborne provide a distinctive contemporary portrait of the five mission complexes, now partly restored, partly still in ruins. One, better known as the Alamo, is a memorial to its defenders in 1836. The others comprise San Antonio Missions National Historical Park.