The Mission is organized around a large quadrangle, with the Mission Church completing one side. A Convento (the padre’s quarters and a guest house) branches off the quadrangle. The Convento is the largest two-story adobe building in California and …

1993年5月21日 · The San Fernando Mission, founded in 1797, is a must-see for anyone interested in the history of Southern California. Inside the lovely mission grounds, the 20th Century seems eons away.

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. 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 ...

Location: 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd, Mission Hills, CA 91345; Information from my visit in 2016; Read about all of the California missions here; Highlights: Only remaining mission wine cellar, largest “grand room” of all the missions. Getting There

Status: Active Catholic Church Indian tribes native to surrounding area: Fernandeño, Tataviam, Chumash, Vanyumé, Kitanemuk Location: 15151 San Fernando Mission Blvd, Mission Hills, CA 91345

Photograph of the interior view of the church at Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana, Mission Hills, California, ca.1886. The church features a 20-25 feet tall ceiling and walls with large arched recesses and supporting buttresses. A majority of the roof has collapsed or deteriorated allowing sunshine to seep through its large holes.

2021年10月25日 · My 17th LA historical site, Mission San Fernando Rey de España, is coincidentally the 17th mission established in Alta California by Franciscan monks from Spain. Built in 1797, this is the oldest site I’ve visited so far.

2022年3月15日 · Mission San Fernando Rey de España is the 17 th of 21 missions established by the Franciscans along El Camino Real. Located in the San Fernando Valley, let’s explore some historical gems: the church, the Convento, the wine cellar, and the Mayordomo’s House. The area has been inhabited for at least 12,000 years by the Tvonga Native American people.

Style: Church is plain and unimpressive, eclipsed by the Mission House or Long Building which is larger and has more striking architectural features. The church interior is brightly painted in native designs. Behind the altar is a statue of St. Ferdinand, backed by a wall of mirrors.

Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a Spanish mission in the Mission Hills community of Los Angeles, California. The mission was founded on 8 September 1797 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in …