Editing San Juan Capistrano, California (section)

==Arts and culture==
[[File:Mission Bell Wall.jpg|thumb|left|[[Cliff swallow]]s make their home at [[Mission San Juan Capistrano]] during their yearly migration from [[Argentina]].]]
[[File:Capistrano christmas 2023.jpg|thumb|left|Community [[Christmas]] festival at [[Mission San Juan Capistrano]], Dec 2023]]

San Juan Capistrano is also known for its [[cliff swallow]]s. The protected birds return during migration, which originates in the town of [[Goya, Argentina]], around [[Saint Joseph]]'s Day (March 19) each year. The day is celebrated by the city's annual Swallows' Day Parade and other festive events.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://swallowsparade.com/calender.html |title=Swallows Parade |access-date=November 2, 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071015184621/http://swallowsparade.com/calender.html |archive-date=October 15, 2007 |url-status=dead }}</ref>  The swallows leave around October 23, the former feast day of [[Saint John of Capistrano]]. The 1940 hit song "[[When the Swallows Come Back to Capistrano]]", written by [[Leon René]], is a love song inspired by this annual event. Another birdwatching place is the [[Arroyo Bird House Park]], containing many colorful birdhouses.

The Serra Chapel at the mission is the oldest in-use building in California. San Juan was also the site of one of the first places to produce [[Californian wine]].

[[Putuidem|Putuidem Village]], a {{convert|1.5|acre|ha|adj=mid| park}}, is part of the original lands of the Acjachemen. Completed in 2021, it commemorates the history of the people called the Juaneño by the Spanish colonizers.<ref>{{Cite news|last= Brazil |first=Ben|date=December 13, 2021|title=After delays, the first people of Orange County have preserved a piece of their ancestral village|url=https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2021-12-12/first-people-of-orange-county-have-preserved-a-piece-of-ancestral-village|access-date=December 13, 2021|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|language=en-US}}</ref>