In 1669,Padre Francisco Maria Piccolo he Mision. During a drought in 1710, the original headquarters were moved to a visiting mission site, which is where the mission remains today. The stone church was built from 1744 to 1758 and is considered to be the crown jewel of the Baja missions because of its excellent state of preservation and the beauty of the structure. The mission features the first stained glass windows of the peninsula and three gold leaf alters that were shipped from mainland Mexico and reassembled on site. The mission reportedly cost nearly a million pesos to build and was financed by profits from pearl fisheries on the Sea of Cortez. There is a large gnarled olive tree in the back that is over 315 years old.
bought a bottle of the wine and it is pretty good
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