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Gaspar de Portola

1716– 1784Spanish soldierexplorer in the Far

WestColonial governorFirst to explore

the city of Beverly Hills (USA, California)

Gaspar de Portola

was born at Balaguer, province of Catalonia

as a young man, he joined the army soon rose to the rank of captain of

dragoons in the España Regiment was commissioned ensign in 1734, and

lieutenant in 1743served in Italy and Portugal

1767. As a reward for the service, de Portola was sent to America

GOVERNOR OF BAJA (LOWER) CALIFORNIA

the Spanish monarch had decreed the expulsion of the Jesuit order from Spain and its dominions

De Portola was charged with removing the Jesuits from Baja California

He had to save the Franciscan missions

FIRST TASK AS A GOVERNOR

Set in 1769, sent out of Mexico

Main goals:Expand Spain’s settlements and

control up the Pacific coast by establishing a colony at Monterey Bay

PORTOLA’S EXPEDITION

Portola founded a colony in San Diego Baythe Beverly Hills area was explored by Portola

on August 3, 1769he selected several possible mission sites to

the north of San Diego

•passed Monterey without recognizing the spot•explored the region around San Francisco Bay •returned to San Diego in late January 1770

During the spring Portolá returned north and successfully located Monterey, where he and Serra (a Franciscian friar) established Mission San Carlos

Portolá returned to Baja California, where he remained as governor for several years.

The Spanish  missions in California comprise a series of 21 religious and military outposts established by  Catholic priests of the Franciscan order between 1769 and 1833 to spread Christianity among the local Native Americans.

PORTOLA FESTIVAL

Between 1776 and 1784 Portolá was a governor of Puebla, a colonial province in East-Central Mexico.

While being a governor of Puebla, he published his Diario histórico, the journal of the California expedition.

In 1784 de Portola was returned to Spain, where he was appointed King's Lieutenant for the strongholds and castles of Lleida, but soon after that he died

statue to Gaspar de Portola in Pacifica, California

sculpted by the Catalan sculptor Josen Maria Subirachs

given to the State of California by the Catalan government in 1988

Commemorative plaque to Portola’s expedition in 1769 situated in Elysian Park, Los Angeles

Statue for Gaspar de Portola

Sculpture of a woman to commemorate Gaspar de Portola, governor of California

Situated in Montjuic, Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain.

http://books.google.ru/books?id=gwMyg0wEdDEC&lpg=PA6&ots=V6yuBT2zQa&dq=Benedict%20%20History%20of%20Beverly%20Hills&hl=ru&pg=PA6#v=onepage&q=Benedict%20%20History%20of%20Beverly%20Hills&f=true

http://3wdentalinstitute.com/Beverly_Hills_History.html

http://www.beverlyhills.org/cbhfiles/storage/files/6333100111590038901/HistoricResourcesInventory%281985-1986%29.pdf

https://www.sandiegohistory.org/bio/portola/portola.htm

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/Gaspar_de_Portola.aspx

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