<Tr> <Th> Designated </Th> <Td> June 28, 1983 </Td> </Tr> <Tr> <Th> Reference no . </Th> <Td> 8200001755 </Td> </Tr> <P> The Alamo Mission in San Antonio is commonly called The Alamo and was originally known as Misión San Antonio de Valero . It was founded in the 18th century as a Roman Catholic mission and fortress compound, and today is part of the San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site in San Antonio, Texas, United States . It was the site of the Battle of the Alamo in 1836, and is now a museum in the Alamo Plaza Historic District . </P> <P> The compound was one of the early Spanish missions in Texas, built for the education of area American Indians after their conversion to Christianity . The mission was secularized in 1793 and then abandoned . Ten years later, it became a fortress housing the Second Flying Company of San Carlos de Parras military unit, who likely gave the mission the name Alamo . During the Texas Revolution, Mexican General Martin Perfecto de Cos surrendered the fort to the Texian Army in December 1835, following the Siege of Béxar . A relatively small number of Texian soldiers then occupied the compound for several months . They were wiped out at the Battle of the Alamo on March 6, 1836 . When the Mexican army retreated from Texas several months later, they tore down many of the Alamo walls and burned some of the buildings . </P>

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