Virtual Tour - Calabazas

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Entering Tumacácori
Visitor center

Explore the visitor center, itself a National Historic Landmark!
The main attraction
The church

Adobe walls, original paint, and more!
More than just a church
Mission grounds

See all the working parts of the mission community.
(It means "ocotillo house".)
Melhok ki

Before there was a mission called Tumacácori, there was an O'odham village by that name.
Work the fields
Acequia and Orchard

Missions were primarily agricultural communities with extensive fields and grazing land.
Take a hike
Santa Cruz River

The source of every human, animal, and plant story at Tumacácori!
Exhibits for understanding
Museum

Artifacts, life-sized replicas, and historic dioramas help contain the sprawling story of Tumacácori.
The Oldest Mission Ruins
Guevavi Mission

Prehistoric archeology, oldest adobe mission ruins in Arizona, and a pristine landscape. What's not to love?
The Transforming Mission
Calabazas Mission

Calabazas spent only a few decades as a mission site, but later turned into a stock ranch, military base, customs office, and residence.