Downtown Los Angeles in Los Angeles County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)

La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles

Plaza Church

Photographed by J. J. Prats, December 4, 2018

1. La Iglesia de Nuestra Señora la Reina de los Angeles Marker

Inscription. Oldest church in the City of Los Angeles. Dedicated December 8, 1822.

Erected 1937 by Californiana Parlor, Native Daughters of the Golden West.

Topics. This memorial is listed in this topic list: Religion & Religious Structures.

Location. 34° 3.415′ N, 118° 14.357′ W. Memorial is in Los Angeles, California, in Los Angeles County. It is in Downtown Los Angeles. It is on North Main Street north of Arcadia Street, on the left when traveling north. Touch for map. Memorial is in this post office area: Los Angeles CA 90012, United States of America. Touch for directions.

Regionally, this memorial is in California’s Transverse Ranges.

It is also on the American Pacific Coast.

Globally, it is in North America,

on the Ring of Fire,

in the Pacific Rim,

in the Western Hemisphere,

in the Western World,

and in the Anglosphere.

Historically, it finds itself in what was once New Spain

and also Mexico’s Alta California.

Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within walking distance of this marker: The Annunciation Mosaic (here, next to this marker);

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Nuestra Señora la Reina de Los Angeles (a few steps from this marker); El Camino Real (a few steps from this marker); Historic Los Angeles Cemetery (a few steps from this marker); Yangna (within shouting distance of this marker); Spanish Expeditions Into Southern California (within shouting distance of this marker); Settlement of a City (within shouting distance of this marker); Villavicencio (within shouting distance of this marker). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Los Angeles.

More about this memorial. Title translates to “Church of our Lady Queen of the Angels”

Plaza Church image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, December 4, 2018

2. Plaza Church

Main Street façade showing this marker on the left of the entrance.

Centro Pastoral de La Placita image. Click for full size.

Photographed by J. J. Prats, December 4, 2018

3. Centro Pastoral de La Placita

This courtyard (placita) is to the right of the church. It’s entrance can be seen in photograph No. 2.

Credits. This page was last revised on January 29, 2026. It was originally submitted on December 19, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio. This page has been viewed 606 times since then and 28 times this year. Photos: 1, 2, 3. submitted on December 19, 2020, by J. J. Prats of Powell, Ohio.