Mission San Fernando Rey de España was founded on Sept. 8, 1797, by Franciscan Friar Fermin Lasuen. The 17th of the California Missions, Mission San Fernando closed the gap between Missions 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 Real. The Convento, known simply as the long building, served as a guesthouse for visitors.

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 …

From San Diego to Sonoma, 21 missions create a unique trail of history across California. The red wax seals on the map bear the brands used by each of the California missions. Click here to see a video tour of each of the California Missions.

Mission San Fernando was the 17th Mission to be founded. The site was dedicated by Father Fermin Francisco de Lasuen on September 8, 1797. The site that Father Lasuen chose was in a valley whose English name means Saint Catherine of Bologna’s Valley of the Live Oaks.

On September 8, 1797, the fourth Mission founded by Father Lasuén in less than three months was named San Fernando Rey de España. Although the Mission was supposed to relieve the long march between San Gabriel and San Buenaventura, the aged Padre set it somewhat to the south because of the barren terrain and poor drainage of the middle area.

Mission Compound: A quadrangle of buildings around a patio measured 295 feet by 315 feet, and included storage, living quarters for the Tongva Indians (later called Fernandeños), a flour mill, and workshops for making wine and brandy, candles and …

As far as California Missions go, Mission San Fernando Rey de España is a great one to visit. It was the 17th mission founded of the 21 Spanish Caliornia Missions, and it has a lot more to see than many of its counterparts. I visited here on day two of my California missions trip, which you can read about here.

Mission San Fernando Rey de España was the 17th of 21 Franciscan missions established in Alta California.

Father Lasuén founded Mission San Fernando Rey de España on September 8, 1797. The Padres sought a location for a new mission to relieve the long journey between Mission San Gabriel and Mission San Buenaventura. Juan Francisco Reyes, the Alcalde (Mayor) of the Los Angeles Pueblo, had already claimed the most desirable location.