File:Know Your City No.221 View over fence of buildings of Ramona Convent.jpg

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English: KNOW YOUR CITY, NO.221 -- Standing high on a hill and dominating surrounding countryside is this famous institution. It is a familiar sight to Southlanders. But many may not know of its interesting history.


ANSWER: Shown in the photo is a portion-including its three imposing towers-of the Ramona Convent in Alhambra. Opened by the Sisters of the Holy Names in 1889, it is the Southland's oldest Catholic school for girls. This hill upon which it stands and some surrounding property was presented to the Sisters by the Shorb family, which, at one time, owned most of what is now Alhambra and San Marino. And the convent is named after one of the Shorb daughters, Ramona, and not, as many presume, after the Spanish girl who became Alessandro's bride.
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Author Bruce H. Cox, Los Angeles Times

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