Misión de San José del Cabo Añuití
Main square, San José del Cabo, Mexico
The church beside San José del Cabo’s main square provides a focal point for understanding the town’s mission history. The mission was founded in the eighteenth century, but its buildings have experienced repeated damage, rebuilding and restoration. That layered history is more revealing than treating the present structure as an untouched colonial survivor. Visit respectfully, looking at the facade and its imagery, then allow time to consider the surrounding square as part of the town’s continuing life.