San Jose del Cabo, Los Cabos, Baja California Sur, Mexico
Art - Culture
Restaurants - Shopping
San José del Cabo - est. 1730 The Mexican Heart of Los Cabos
Centro Historico San José del Cabo is an association of restaurants, art galleries, jewelry stores and other businesses that are located in the historic area of downtown San Jose del Cabo, Los Cabos, Mexico.
In 1730, Jesuit Padre Nicholas Tamaral traveled south from Mission La Purisima and founded Mission San Jose del Cabo on a mesa overlooking the Rio San Jose some 5 km. north of the current town site. Due to the overwhelming presence of mosquitoes at this site, Tamaral soon moved the mission to the mouth of the estuary on a rise flanked by Cerro del Vigia and Cerro de la Cruz.Tamaral and the Pericus got along fine until he pronounced an injunction against Polygamy, a long tradition in Pericu society.
