San Antonio Missions National Historical Park

Mission Concepción has colorful frescos inside that date to the 1750s.
Welcome to San Antonio Missions, a National Park Service site and the only UNESCO World Heritage Site in Texas. After thousands of years, South Texans faced drought, European diseases, and colonization. In the 1700s, these Indigenous South Texans foreswore their traditional subsistence lifestyle and assimilated for survival to the Spanish ways, accepting a new religion, diet, economy and more.
Map showing location of park.
Interior to Granary
2024 San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site Annual Accomplishment Report
The 2024 annual World Heritage Annual Accomplishment Report celebrates the achievements of the World Heritage Management Group of San Antonio Missions World Heritage Site, the only United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization (UNESCO) World Heritage Site in Texas.
White frescoed church with a stone ruin to the left in the foreground.
Photo by NPS Photo/Andrew Shirey
Mission Espada, World Heritage Site
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
Park Ranger leads a tour through Mission San José
Photo by NPS Photo.
Rose window at mission San Jose, with linestone carvings surrounding a small glass window.
Photo by NPS Photo.
Mission San Jose church and convento during the golden hour with tree
Photo by NPS Photo.
Mission Concepcion convento with church in background.
Photo by NPS Photo.
Large room with an arches ceiling
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey
wall art of a sun
Photo by NPS Photo / Andrew Shirey