Mission San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo (Carmel Mission)

Mission San Carlos Borroméo del río Carmelo, also known as the Carmel Mission, is a Roman Catholic mission church in Carmel, California. It is part of the National Register of Historic Places and a U.S. National Historic Landmark.

It was the headquarters of the original Alta California missions headed by Father Junípero Serra from 1770 until his death in 1784.

The mission also was the seat of the padre presidente, Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen[12]. It was destroyed in the mid-19th century, only to be restored beginning in 1884[13]. It remains a parish church today. It is the only one to have its original bell tower dome.