San Antonio went with a larger-than-life idea for the tricentennial. Three separate fireworks displays lit up the sky, all synchronized using satellite technology. People watched from Concepcion Park, ...

One of the nation’s oldest stone churches is getting badly needed care this month from a hands-on specialist who has learned, through modern detective work in masonry, about its original construction.

SAN ANTONIO — Suspects vandalized Mission Concepcion and Mission San Juan. Now, the US Park Rangers of San Antonio Missions National Historical Park are trying to identify them, and need the public's ...

SAN ANTONIO – As of Sunday afternoon, Mission Concepción, a designated UNESCO World Heritage Site in San Antonio, closed its doors to begin a restoration project. Mission Concepción will undergo some ...

The frescoes in Mission Concepción were painted more than 250 years ago. And though the World Heritage site has stood the test of time, preserving such treasures is a never-ending process. Those ...

SAN ANTONIO – Visitors and parishioners crowded into one of the city's oldest structures Tuesday evening to see an explosion of light. The once-a-year event that not many San Antonians have ever seen ...

After months of negotiations and redesigns, San Antonio builder 210 Development won approval Wednesday from the city’s historic review panel for a 228-unit apartment complex near Mission Concepción ...

The most prominent and important of San Antonio’s many architectural, cultural, and historical treasures are surely the San Antonio Missions. The series of five Spanish missions — San Antonio de ...

A section of a buried, centuries-old wall footing, once part of a protective perimeter surrounding Mission Concepción, was hit by heavy equipment last week during construction of a controversial ...

The latest proposal for an apartment complex next to the Mission Concepción World Heritage site would exceed height limits even more than previous designs. After developers altered the roof, four of ...

SAN ANTONIO, TX A rededication ceremony is scheduled for Sunday at Concepcion, highlighting one of several preservation projects planned for San Antonio's centuries-old Roman Catholic missions.