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In the marvelous landscape where the Giganta mountain range meets with the desert and the Sea of Cortez,
with the islands of Coronado, Carmen and Danzantes, you will find Loreto, the oldest human settlement in the Californias, founded in 1697, with the establishment of the Nuestra Señora de Loreto Mission.
Loreto has the privilege of being the head of the first permanent mission and the first capital of all the Californias, which constitute the peninsular region and the New or High California, which extended to the borders of Alaska.
In 1769, the Franciscan Junípero Serra left Loreto to continue his work with the colonization of High California; San Diego, Sacramento, Monterrey, Santa Bárbara and San Francisco are some of the most relevant results of his exploits.
Loreto has been declared as the 'Historic Capital of the Californias,' by the Governors of the two Mexican Californias and also the U.S. California, thus becoming the main focus for tourist development, currently including Nopoló and Puerto Loreto in a coastal strip around 28 kilometers long.
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