{"id":7463,"date":"2016-08-16T21:48:29","date_gmt":"2016-08-16T21:48:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seasidemexico.com\/bloger\/?p=7463"},"modified":"2016-08-16T21:48:29","modified_gmt":"2016-08-16T21:48:29","slug":"los-cabos-shaped-jesuit-missionaries","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.seasidemexico.com\/bloger\/los-cabos-shaped-jesuit-missionaries\/","title":{"rendered":"Los Cabos Shaped by Jesuit Missionaries"},"content":{"rendered":"

Situated 900 miles south of San Diego, Los Cabos<\/a> is comprised of two popular travel destinations: \u00a0Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.\u00a0 In the 1950\u2019s, the area\u2019s pristine waters, unparalleled deep sea fishing and breathtaking scenery lured Hollywood celebrities like Bing Crosby and Desi Arnez, who flew down on chartered jets for epic fishing vacations. As word spread and infrastructure developed, Los Cabos slowly evolved into the Baja Peninsula\u2019s biggest tourism hotspot, now attracting more than 2 million visitors each year.<\/p>\n

Everyone hears about the sublime beaches, Technicolor sunsets and luxury resorts of Los Cabos, but few may know about the region\u2019s colonial history and how it influenced the naming of Cabo and surrounding towns. Before the Spanish conquistadors and Jesuit missionaries arrived in Baja, Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo were inhabited by the A\u00f1i\u00f1i and Yenecami \u2013 indigenous tribes whose population slowly dwindled after exposure to European diseases.<\/p>\n

Spanish colonization of the Baja Peninsula<\/h2>\n

Owing to the region\u2019s unforgiving conditions, Spanish colonization of the Baja Peninsula did not begin in earnest until 1730, when Father Nicolas Tamaral and Father Jose Echeverria founded a Jesuit mission in what is now called San Jose del Cabo. The Jesuits, who were backed by Spanish soldiers, were tasked with converting the indigenous communities, as they worked to establish churches, schools and hospitals in the region. Father Nicolas Tamaral founded the San Jose del Cabo mission on April 8 of 1730 in Pericu territory. It was named in honor of Joseph de la Puente y Pe\u00f1a, Marquess of Villapuente, who was the main sponsor of Jesuit missions in the Baja Peninsula. Later, \u201cdel Cabo\u201d was added to differentiate the mission from San Jose de Comondu, which was erected several years earlier.<\/p>\n

During the early to mid 18th<\/sup> century, the Spanish Jesuits formed a number of missions along the Baja Peninsula, including:\u00a0Mision de Nuestra Se\u00f1ora de Loreto Concho, Nuestra Se\u00f1ora del Pilar de la Paz (1733) and\u00a0Mision Estero de las Palmas de San Jos\u00e9 del Cabo A\u00f1uiti (1730). The mission Santa Rosa de las Palmas, founded by Jesuit Jaime Bravo in 1723, was renamed \u201cNuestra Se\u00f1ora del Pilar de La Paz\u201d one year later, and is now called Todos Santos. The iconic statue of the Virgin of Pilar, which is the focus of Todos Santos’ annual November festival, can be found near the town\u2019s central plaza.<\/p>\n

Cabo’s rich history today<\/h2>\n

Fortunately, visitors to Los Cabos can still enjoy the region\u2019s charming Spanish colonial architecture and character, evidenced by romantic courtyards and picturesque streets framing traditional\u00a0plazas. Today\u2019s Cabo vacationers are also welcomed with a slew of inviting leisure and adventure activities, including sunset sails in the Sea of Cortez, golfing, snorkeling and scuba diving, zip-line canopy tours and dolphin swims.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Situated 900 miles south of San Diego, Los Cabos is comprised of two popular travel destinations: \u00a0Cabo San Lucas and San Jose del Cabo.\u00a0 In the 1950\u2019s, the area\u2019s pristine waters, unparalleled deep sea fishing and breathtaking scenery lured Hollywood celebrities like Bing Crosby and Desi Arnez, who flew down on chartered jets for epic fishing vacations. As word spread and infrastructure developed, Los Cabos slowly evolved into the Baja Peninsula\u2019s biggest tourism hotspot, now attracting more than 2 million visitors each year. Everyone hears about the sublime beaches, Technicolor sunsets and luxury resorts of Los Cabos, but few may […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":35,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[32,31],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7463","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog","category-travel"],"yoast_head":"\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\t\n\t\n\t\n