Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana
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 at the site of Achooykomenga, and was the seventeenth of the twenty-one Spanish missions established in Alta California.Photo: Geographer, CC BY 2.5.
- Type: Church
- Description: church building in Los Angeles, United States of America
- Also known as: “Mision San Fernando Rey De España”, “Mission San Fernando”, “Mission San Fernando Rey De Espana”, “Mission San Fernando Rey de España”, “San Fernando Mission”, and “San Fernando Rey de España Mission”
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Convent and Providence Holy Cross Medical Center.
Convent
Photo: Geographer, CC BY 2.5.
The Convento Building, known for its iconic arched portico or colonnade, was built between 1808 and 1822 and is the only original building remaining at the Mission San Fernando Rey de España in the Mission Hills section of San Fernando Valley in California in the United States. Convent is situated 400 feet southwest of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana.
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center
Hospital
Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is a hospital in the Mission Hills district of Los Angeles, California, US. The hospital has 377 beds, and is part of Providence Health & Services. Providence Holy Cross Medical Center is situated 2,500 feet north of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana.
Sylmar/San Fernando station
Railway station
Photo: Pedro Xing, CC0.
Sylmar/San Fernando station is a Metrolink commuter rail train station located in Sylmar, California, and adjacent to the city of San Fernando. It is served by Metrolink's Antelope Valley Line between Los Angeles Union Station and Lancaster. Sylmar/San Fernando station is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Mission Hills and San Fernando.
Mission Hills
Neighborhood
Mission Hills is a neighborhood in Los Angeles, California, located in the San Fernando Valley. It is near the northern junction of the Golden State Freeway and the San Diego Freeway.
San Fernando
Town
Photo: Cbl62, CC BY-SA 3.0.
San Fernando is a general-law city in the San Fernando Valley region of Los Angeles County, California, in the Los Angeles metropolitan area. It is an enclave in the City of Los Angeles. As of the 2020 census the population of San Fernando was 23,946. San Fernando is situated 1½ miles northeast of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana.
Pacoima
Suburb
Photo: Fourbyfourblazer, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Pacoima is a neighborhood in the northeast San Fernando Valley, within the city of Los Angeles, California. It is one of the oldest neighborhoods in the San Fernando Valley. Pacoima is situated 2 miles east of Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana.
Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana
- Categories: mission station and religion
- Location: Los Angeles, Southern California, California, United States, North America
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In Other Languages
From Catalan to Spanish—“Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana” goes by many names.
- Catalan: “Missió de San Fernando Rey de España”
- Hebrew: “מיסיון סן פרננדו”
- Spanish: “Misión de San Fernando, Rey de España”
- Spanish: “Misión del Señor Fernando, Rey de España”
- Spanish: “Misión San Fernando Rey de España”
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