The Church That Watched the Alamo Fall

San Fernando Cathedral and Main Plaza, San Antonio

3 min story8-stop walk

The story

You're standing on Main Plaza, the old heart of San Antonio, facing San Fernando Cathedral.

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San Antonio · 8 stops · 1 h 8 min · 1.8 mi

1
Alamo Plaza
The Shrine That Became a Grocery StorePhoto: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
2
The Menger Hotel
The Hotel That Beer BuiltPhoto: Billy Hathorn, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
3
Down to the River Walk
The Architect Told He'd DrownPhoto: Mark Bonica from Durham, NH, USA, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
4
Arneson River Theater
A Stage With a River Running ThroughPhoto: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
5
La Villita
The Little Town the River Kept RebuildingPhoto: Johnpeter2008 at en.wikipedia (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
6
Tower Life Building
Twelve Wedding Rings and a TowerPhoto: Leaflet (Public domain), via Wikimedia Commons
7You're here
San Fernando Cathedral and Main Plaza
The Church That Watched the Alamo FallPhoto: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons
8
The Spanish Governor's Palace
The Last Wall of a Vanished FortPhoto: Michael Barera, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Sources

Written from public sources, every claim checked against them, narrated by a synthetic voice.