<Tr> <Th_colspan="2"> Website </Th> </Tr> <Tr> <Td_colspan="2"> http://carmelmission.org </Td> </Tr> <P> Mission San Carlos Borromeo del río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission or Mission Carmel, is a Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel - by - the - Sea, California . It is on the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark . The mission was the headquarters of the Alta California missions headed by Saint Junípero Serra from 1770 until his death in 1784 . It was also the seat of the second presidente, Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen . </P> <P> The mission buildings and lands were secularized by the Mexican government in 1833, and had fallen into disrepair by the mid-19th century . They were partially restored beginning in 1884 . In 1886 it was transferred from the Franciscans to the local diocese and has continued as a parish church since then . It is the only one of the California Missions to have its original bell tower dome . </P>

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