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Mission San Fernando Rey de España

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Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills district of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on September 8, 1797, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California. Named for Saint Ferdinand, the mission is the namesake of the nearby city of San Fernando and the San Fernando Valley.The mission was secularized in 1834 and returned to the Catholic Church in 1861; it became a working church in 1920. Today the mission grounds function as a museum; the church is a chapel of ease of the Archdiocese of Los Angeles.HistoryIn 1769, the Spanish Portola expedition - the first Europeans to see inland areas of California - traveled north through the San Fernando Valley. On August 7 they camped at a watering place near where the mission would later be established. Fray Juan Crespi, a Franciscan missionary travelling with the expedition, noted in his diary that the camp was "at the foot of the mountains".Mission San Fernando Rey de España was founded on September 8, 1797 by Father Fermín Lasuén, making it the fourth mission site he had established in as many months. The prime location the padre selected had been occupied by Francisco Reyes (then Los Angeles' mayor). However, after brief negotiations construction of the first buildings was soon underway (Mission records list Reyes as godfather to the first infant baptized at San Fernando).

Address: 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd, Mission Hills, CA 91345, USA
Phone: (818) 361-0186
State: California
City: Los Angeles
Zip Code: 91345



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this>:v im writing a report on this mission , im in fourth grade what a wonderful place Fermin Lasuen
7 years ago (23-04-2018)
Great research for my ten year old's California Mission report. She had a blast, researching.
7 years ago (03-05-2018)
What better way to learn about California history than with a trip to the San Fernando Mission. Added Bonus: Comedian Bob Hope and wife are interred on the grounds of the Mission's garden.
7 years ago (03-03-2018)
Absolutely fantastic place. Didn't really go into the church, jus went to the garden area for a quinciañera photo shoot.
7 years ago (11-03-2018)
Early 1960s photo of the gates to the Mission yard from San Fernando Boulevard and the parking lot (looking north). There used to be a Sunkist orange processing plant across the street - the valley consisted of many orange groves.
7 years ago (23-05-2018)
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