Pictures of Alamo

About Alamo

• The Alamo is one of the most visited historic sites in the United States. The Alamo is a the location of a key battle in the Texas Revolution against Mexico. The Alamo is now a museum, managed by the Daughters of the Republic of Texas, and dedicated to the memory of the missionaries that lived and worked in the Alamo, and the men that died in the Battle of the Alamo.

ABOUT

History of Alamo• Built in 1718, the Alamo is a 4.2-acre complex made up of the Shrine, the Long

Barracks, house exhibits, the Daughters of the Republic of Texas Library (open to researchers only)

• The Alamo History: The Alamo mission, originally known as Mission San Antonio de Valero after Saint

Antonio, has been designated as an official state shrine in honor of the Texans that died in the Battle of the Alamo. The Battle: The Battle of the Alamo (Feb 23 - Mar 6, 1836) is the most famous battle of the Texas revolutionaries war against Mexico. In this battle the Texan revolutionarys were outnumbered and cornered in the Alamo mission by the Mexican army led by President Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna. Two attempts to siege the Alamo failed before the Texans were finally overtaken on the third attack. Alamo historians agree that between 182 and 257 Texans were killed in this battle and between 400 and 600 Mexicans were killed. Although the Texans lost the battle, it was remembered throughout the rest of the war and gave life to the cause of Texas Independence and was the reason for a phrase that is remembered still today,"Remember the Alamo!"

HISTORY OF ALAMO

When was the Alamo built?• The Alamo was built in the early 1700's simultaneously with the

colonial village of Williamsburg, Va., the more commonly regarded symbol of our nation's beginnings.

• The Alamo was built as a chapel after 1744, it is all that remains of the mission of San Antonio de Valero, which was founded in 1718 by Franciscans and later converted into a fortress.

WHEN WAS ALAMO BUILT?

Style of Architecture and engravings of Alamo

• The spanish style that it most represents is called the mudéjar and neo-mudéjar styles. This in combo with indigeneous styles (due to the different types of material used for building -to accomodate the climate, building materials and functionality of the structure) made what we can witness in the facade of the Alamo and other like structures such as the mission of san carlos borromeo de carmelo in California.

• The wonder of the structure is that it reminds Texans of the state's Hispanic heritage.

• "When you go to the Alamo you can still feel what it was like to be a pioneer almost 300 years ago," Speck said. "It's not just a building. It's a lifestyle.“

Pictures of the achitecture

Inscriptions of Alamo

• The Alamo Shrine is an inscription that reminds visitors of the sacredness of what they are experiencing. The inscription reads, 'Be Silent Friend Here Heroes Died To Blaze a Trail For Other Men'. Inside the shrine is a list of the names of those who died in the battle.

Inscriptions of Alamo

• The Chapel also contains a bronze plaque with the inscription, 'In honor of those Alamo heroes whose names history did not record'.

• Carved into the limestone wall and through Spanish mission period plaster was the inscription “1802”. The location of this inscription is above the main doorway and in the upper right hand corner of the window above the door.

Pictures of the Inscriptions of alamo