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. #Mission #TheMission #SanFernandoValley #SanFernando #CityOfSanFernando #RichHistory #SanFernandoMission #MissionHills #SanFernandoMissionBlvd #MissionOfTheValley #Seventeenth #RomanCatholicArchdioceseOfLosAngeles #ArchdioceseOfLosAngeles #GasparDePortola #Explorer #818 #Museum #LAMuseum #ChurchGrounds #EducationIsLife #TheValley #Da818 #SpanishExplorers #CityOfLosAngeles #VisitLosAngeles #DiscoverLA #DayOfExploring #LocationScout #GardenStyle #CowMissingOnYouTube