We were in the neighborhood while visiting LA so we made a quick stop here not knowing anything about it in advance. It was so peaceful, I think we were the only visitors there at the time. I had no idea that Bob Hope had a private cemetery in the back with about an acre of beautiful gardens. His grave...
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4 Reviews Description: Located about ten miles from Los Angeles, this historic mission was founded in the late 1790s and contains an interesting museum amid pretty gardens.
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Of all the California Missions, San Fernando is one of the most accessible yet offers a robust and stimulating glance into Early California life and the evolution of a working church in what was once a vast wheat and cattle empire. Now within a huge metropolis, this facility continues to minister to a large congregation, with daily masses and often...
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First: This place is Haunted.... the Outer Colonnade on the tiny main street across from the park.... Let's just say, it is spooky during the day, but I refuse to drive by there again after dark.
Second: Bob hope is interred here in the very back of the Mission's garden in what appears to be a pink band shell. This...
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Not a very photogenic mission, but the exhibits might be the most comprehensive and the church itself seems very period. Too bad about the traffic out front and the power lines running right over the mission. Check out the garden at Brand Park right across the street too.
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