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California Missions Undergo Upgrades To Resist Quakes : NPR

Conversion these days at the state’s Spanish missions isn’t only about religion; it’s also about seismic retrofitting. That’s because the missions — which date to the late 1700s, when Spain’s king sent Franciscan missionaries to convert natives to Christianity — would not withstand a major earthquake..

Source: California Missions Undergo Upgrades To Resist Quakes : NPR

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