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Mission Santa Clara de Asís -- santa clara, calfiornia. a Spanish mission founded by the Franciscan order. The outpost was originally established as La Misión Santa Clara de Thamien (or Mission Santa Clara de Thamien, a reference to the Tamyen people) at the Indian village of So-co-is-u-ka (meaning "Laurelwood", located on the Guadalupe River) January 12, 1777. The original mission cemetery, still used, is located on nearby Lincoln Street. Although ruined and rebuilt six times, the settlement was never abandoned, and today it functions as the university chapel for Santa Clara University.

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