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Title: The Convento, San Fernando Mission
Alternative Title: Los Angeles Photographers Photo Collection
Creator: Hankey, Roy
Date Created and/or Issued: Circa 1966
Contributing Institution: Los Angeles Public Library
Collection: Los Angeles Public Library Photo Collection
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Founded by Father Fermin Lasuen on September 8, 1797 in Mission Hills, Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana (originally La Mision del Senor Fernando, Rey de Espana) is located on the former settlement of Encino Rancho. It was the seventeenth mission built in Alto California an in a quadrangle, similar to other missions, with the church taking up one corner. The Convento stands apart from the quadrangle; it took 13 years to contract and was completed in 1822. Most noted for its 21 Roman arches, it is the largest two-story adobe structure in California. It is California Historic Landmark #157 while the entire Mission San Fernando Rey de Espana is Building #71001076 in the National Register of Historic Places. The sanctuary continues to serve as a parish church.
A glimpse of seated visitors in the colonnade of the mission's Convento Building, or living quarters.
Type: image
Format: 1 slide : color ; 5x5 cm.
Photographic color slides
Identifier: 00164449
Roy Hankey Collection; Los Angeles Photographers Collection
GPC_122_f2_s1
http://173.196.26.125/cdm/ref/collection/photos/id/135005
Subject: San Fernando, Rey de Espan~a (Mission : San Fernando, Calif.)
Missions, Spanish--California
Streets
Adobe buildings
Architecture, Spanish colonial
Colonnades
Palms
Mission Hills (Los Angeles, Calif.)
California Historical Landmarks
Time Period: 1961-1970
Source: Hankey, Roy.

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