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Practical Information
Road map: C5. 1950 W. San Xavier
Rd., 10 miles (16 km) south of
Tucson on I-19. Tel (520) 294-
.Main Altar 2624. Open 7am–5pm daily.
The spectacular gold-and-red 7 - = 8
retablo mayor is decorated in ∑ sanxaviermission.org
Mexican Baroque style with
elaborate columns. More than
50 statues were carved in
Mexico then brought to San
Xavier, where artists gilded
and painted them with
brightly colored glazes.

Altar Dome
The dome and high transepts
are filled with painted wooden
statuary and covered with
murals depicting scenes
from the Gospels.

Chapel of Our Lady
The shop This statue of the Virgin is one of the
entrance church’s three sculptures of Mary.
Here she is shown as La Dolorosa or
Sorrowing Mother.

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