Southeast of the town is the peaceful Carmel Mission, where Father Junípero Serra himself lies buried.

The majority of these prints depict colorful and detailed tropical flowers, while at least one print, Carmel Mission, is a California landscape.

Aptly named, the park has miles of trails winding through redwood groves and wildflower meadows, ending (or starting) at the Carmel Mission.

The 2000 varas square Rancho Los Laureles was granted to Jose Agricio, a resident of the Carmel Mission, in 1844.

Then, a year ago, the Vatican announced that on his visit to the United States the Pope would call at the nearby Carmel Mission, where Father Serra is buried.

The Esselen population was largely decimated by diseases contracted at the Carmel Mission, where measles, smallpox, and syphilis wiped out 90 percent of the native population.

The school is located on the corner of Monte Verde and 15th Street, one half mile west of the historic Carmel Mission.

The school's mascot is the Padre, which pays homage to the peninsula's history with the Spanish missionaries, with the Carmel Mission located just a few miles from the campus.

It's the Carmel Mission, of course.

The city is adjacent to the historic Catholic Carmel Mission.