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Ghosts and legends haunt Mission corridors and ruins
An old Mission in the late 1800s was largely abandoned and stories grew of monks and soldiers roaming its grounds. Legends tell of Magdelena the penitent, a bell-tolling tragedy that killed forty, and the specter Matilda seen near a chapel window. Modern parishioners still hear three bells for men and two for women.
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Lyon
Magdelena
Teofilo
Serra Chapel
Matilda
el Camino Real