Located in downtown Ventura, between Los Angeles and Santa Barbara, San Buenaventura Mission is the ninth and final mission established by father Junipero Serra in 1782.<br />
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As with many of the California missions, Buenaventura has been heavily damaged by natural disasters such as fire earthquakes and even a tidal wave which struck after a series of earthquakes in 1812. The original structure was destroyed by fire in the early 1790s.