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Stone chapel front with a curved gable, arched wooden door, carved columns and four barred windows, behind a low post and chain barrier on a lawnPhoto: Cqui, CC BY-SA 2.5
Wide view of the limestone chapel facade under a clear blue sky, with a Texas flag on a pole at left, trees on both sides and a stone courtyard wall and arched gate at rightPhoto: Daniel Schwen, CC BY-SA 4.0
Street-level view of the stone chapel at right with visitors gathered outside it, a low stone wall in the foreground and the tall Emily Morgan building rising behind trees at leftPhoto: Zygmunt Put Zetpe0202, CC BY-SA 4.0
The chapel facade at night, lit from ground level by floodlights set along its base, with a flagpole at left and black sky abovePhoto: A. Michael Uhlmann, CC BY-SA 4.0
Close frontal view of the weathered limestone facade, showing the arched doorway with twisted columns, empty statue niches and barred upper windowPhoto: Noconatom, CC BY-SA 4.0

Alamo Mission

Fort or battlefield, Historic siteSan Antonio, Texas
Open to the public9 AM to 5:30 PMSee hours
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Open to the public9 AM to 5:30 PM

Alamo Church, the Long Barrack and the grounds are open to the public, with a free reserved ticket required for the church. Pets and drones are not allowed, and flash photography is banned inside the buildings.

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Alamo Mission is a Spanish colonial church and surrounding historic grounds in downtown San Antonio, known for the 1836 Battle of the Alamo and kept as a public historic site with free entry to the church by reserved ticket 1, 2, 3. Its operators describe the site as hallowed ground and restrict pets, drones and flash photography inside the buildings 3. Visitors commonly describe figures in period dress near the church and the Long Barrack, footsteps and voices on the quiet grounds, and a sense of being watched inside the church.

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