The Alamo (Mission San Antonio de Valero)

Originally established as the Mission San Antonio de Valero during the Spanish colonial period, the site commonly known as the Alamo later served military functions and became the focal point of the 1836 Battle of the Alamo during the Texas Revolution. Following a 13-day siege, Mexican troops under General Antonio López de Santa Anna reclaimed the mission near San Antonio de Béxar; the battle has been widely memorialized in literature, painting, and museum interpretation. The Alamo functions today as a preserved historic site and museum within the broader context of San Antonio's mission heritage and the San Antonio Missions National Historical Park/UNESCO World Heritage landscape. The supplied sources are historical, tourist, and cultural in nature and do not document any paranormal claims, named supernatural entities, or eyewitness reports of hauntings at the Alamo.