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Mission San Francisco Solano. Sonoma Plaza is surrounded by several reminders of the town’s important history, which dates back to the early 1800s.Arguably the most significant is the Mission San Francisco Solano, founded in 1823, while other nearby landmarks include the Blue Wing Inn, Sonoma Barracks, the Toscano Hotel, the Servants Quarters (the remains of La Casa Grande), and General ...
- 460 First St. E., Sonoma, CA 95476
Dec 2019. Sonoma Plaza is such a fun place to visit. So many restaurants, numerous wine tasting rooms on the plaza, local shops, great ice scream store, small movie theater all located on four blocks in the center of town. Also, a great local hike called the Sonoma Overlook trail just a few blocks from the town square.
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Sonoma Plaza is a historic site with a rich and diverse history, from a Mexican military outpost to a Spanish Mission village. It is the heart of Sonoma Valley, a gateway to Sonoma County and a perfect base for exploring the nearby wine regions, the coast and the Bay Area.
Explore Sonoma Plaza, the historic park and plaza in the town of Sonoma in Sonoma County. The History: To many people, Sonoma—just 45 miles from San Francisco—means wine. But when you drink in the surroundings on the eight-acre Sonoma Plaza —the state’s largest plaza—it’s hard to ignore the area’s non-vine history.
This is the largest plaza in California, and the veritable center for politics, love and community in the Sonoma Valley. Smack in the center of the plaza, the Mission Revival–style city hall, built 1906–08, has identical facades on four sides, reportedly because plaza businesses all demanded City Hall face their direction.
Sonoma Plaza (Spanish: Plaza de Sonoma) is the central plaza of Sonoma, California. The plaza, the largest in California, [5] was laid out in 1835 by Mariano Guadalupe Vallejo , founder of Sonoma. Description [ edit ]
Sonoma Plaza itself was designed 150 years ago by Mariano Vallejo, a military commander and politician who helped transition the Mexican territory of Alta California to the U.S. state we know today. The white, low-rise Mission San Francisco Solano, which borders the park, is even older, dating to 1823; the barracks that housed Mexican soldiers ...
