Street Names

Junipero - and - Serra =
Franciscan Father
Junipero Serra
1st Padre Presidente
(Father President)
of the Alta ("Upper")
California Missions.
Founder of missions #1-9
of the 21 missions in
"Alta" California.
Painting of him at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Juniperro-serra.jpg


San Carlos =
Saint Charles (Borromeo)
or in Italian
Carlo Borromeo 1538-84
Cardinal of Milan (Italy) 1564-84
Carlo's mother was a Medici.
Carlo's mother's brother was
Pope Pius IV.
San Carlos is the patron saint of Carmel.
Carmel Mission's real name is:
San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo
(St. Charles Borromeo on the
Carmel [River]).
Painting of him at:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Carlo_Borromeo.jpg

Dolores = sorrow/sadness
in the Spanish language.
Madre Dolorosa =
Sorrowful Mother
La Virgen de los Dolores =
The Virgin of the Sorrows
Nuestra Senora de los Dolores =
Our Lady of the Sorrows
(tears due to the crucifixion
  of her son, Jesus Christ)

Monte Verde =
Green Mountain
Monte = Mountain
Verde = Green

Casanova:
Angelo Casanova was appointed resident pastor of the Catholic Church in Monterey in 1870.  Even though his church was in Monterey, he was the first to attempt to save the abandoned and rotting mission in Carmel.  Father Casanova served as pastor of the Monterey church for twenty-three years, until 1893, and continued his efforts to restore San Carlos Borromeo de Carmelo to its former glory.


El Camino Real =
The Royal Highway
El = The (masculine)
Camino = Highway
Real = Royal
aka
The King's Highway
Route connecting the
21 Franciscan Missions


Carmelo =
Carmel in Spanish.
Catholic Franciscans named the area after Mount Carmel in the Holy Land.
Israel's third largest city, Haifa, is located on the northern slope of Mount Carmel.

San Antonio =
Saint Anthony in Spanish


Santa Lucia =
Saint Lucy in Spanish


Franciscan Way =
Franciscan Order of Catholic monks
founded by St. Francis of Assis (Italy).
The 21 missions in "Alta" California
were all founded by Franciscan monks
and, thus, Franciscan missions.


Lasuen Drive =
Franciscan Father Fermin Lasuen.
2nd Presidente of the CA missions.
Founder of missions #10-18
of the 21 missions in "Alta" California.


Ocean Avenue
Yep, it goes down the hill to the ocean,
specifically, the Carmel Bay.

Scenic Road
Yep, it lives up to its name -
it is the most scenic drive in
Carmel-by-the-Sea

Crespi Avenue
Father Juan Crespí 1721 – 1782
Majorcan missionary and explorer of
Las Californias ("Baja" + "Alta").
In 1769 Franciscan Father Crespi joined the expedition of Gaspar de Portola and traveled by land, while Father Serra accompanied the mission supplies aboard ship and arrived 8 days later to occupy Monterey.


Hatton RoadThe Hatton Family owned
the Hatton Dairy -
one of several dairies
in the local area.