The name san fernando de espana was to honor saint ferdinand iii king of spain.
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Situated directly on the highway leading to the fast growing community of los angles mission san fernando became a popular stopping off place for those traveling on el camino.
68 reviews of mission san fernando rey de españa this mission brings both emotions of joy and sadness every time i come here.
Mission san fernando rey de españa founded by father la suen on september 8 1797 closed the gap between san buenaventura on the coast and san gabriel in the interior.
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Although for the majority of its lifetime the mission was founded in 1797 the mission was way out in the country today it.
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Many travelers stopped at the mission.
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It is 185 feet long.
On that day called candle day about 6 000 people paid 1 each for candles thenpeople paid 1 each for candles then formed a procession through the arches of the longgg y building to show that they.
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Mission san fernando was the seventeenth spanish mission built in california.
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The british painter edwin deakin whose painting of the convent at mission san fernando rey de españa appears above was particularly good at evoking the missions in their time of some sort of ruined splendor.
Mission san fernando is simple from the outside but the inside is beautifully painted in the style of the mission s native american tribes the chumash and tongva.
It was founded on september 8 1797 by father fermin lasuen.
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Mission san fernando rey de españa is a spanish mission in the mission hills community 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.
This was after all where we had masses to commemorate my grandmother and uncle s death and also the same place where my cousin and her husband said their nuptials.
Mission san fernando rey de españa has a really amazing architecture.
Church the church is made of adobe bricks and its roof is decorated with clay tiles.
A convento the padre s quarters and a guest house branches off the quadrangle.
Was founded on september 8 1797.
First time here was back in 1995 when my uncle passed away because of a heart attack.