The history of a people is manifested in their daily customs, their dances, in their cuisine, their art, and, of course, in the legends kept alive the popular stories more exciting. With the passing of time, from the pre-hispanic period up to the years of revolution, every corner of Mexico was filled with exciting stories. While some fought in wars and fought customs and territories, other, simply, they loved and flourished, the stories of promises and eternal love possible or not reciprocated.
In this line, Island Women has been the refuge of hundreds of pirates who sailed the Caribbean Sea, but there is a very particular history that shapes the imaginary of the island: the history of the pirate Fermín Antonio Mundaca and Marecheaga. Of basque origin, this bandit sailed the seas in search of slaves and arrived in Isla Mujeres fleeing from justice. Mundaca in those times it was searched for trafficking slaves.
Then deal with the British Navy in 1858, this pirate decided to stay in Isla Mujeres. And, like all the men of the island, could not resist the charms of The Brunette. They say that her wavy hair was long and very dark, his eyes were green as the palm trees and her skin roasted as most of the caribbean.
Mundaca had it all, some say, least the love of The Brunette. He wanted to agasajarla construyéndole a hacienda like that had ever yet been seen on the island, those of style well european. Then, he invested much of his fortune in making that small house with these gardens so beautiful in those who would spend the rest of your life in the event that she would accept his love.
The paths of material, serpentine, roam the tropical forest and the recreation spaces that are beautiful emerge between arcs are only of the letter of presentation of this Treasury. The name of the property was to Vista Alegre, but with the passing of the years it remained engraved in popular memory as the Hacienda Mundaca.
One of the more eye-catching of this place was the famous arch called ?The Entry of the Brunette?, bow that ever he saw happen to that woman that she was expected by Mundaca every day.
Far from being an immense colonial estate, this is characterized on the contrary by its small dimensions. But each of your spaces is an open book of stories, of sadness, waiting, and ostentation.
In the house of the Hacienda you will find a small sample of photographs from those times. When you walk the gardens you will not be able to stop surprise you with the beauty of the wild nature, and you also can’t stop thinking about how striking this must have been the Treasury in those times, above all, on an island of so few people.
Visit Hacienda Mundaca and knows the history of love pirate who is hidden therein. Characterized by hope, expectation and sadness, this love story was never fleshed out well, The Brunette, never accept everything that the pirate was offering him.
Mundaca was an obscure character and very special, that it thrilled the inhabitants of the island. Alice D. Le Plongeon relates this perfectly: ?(?) rarely came close to the villa. When he passed along the beach, at sunset, the friendly talk is suddenly silenced, and one exclaimed in a frightening whisper oh, There it goes Mundaca!?.
Come to understand and to discover all the stories that make up the imagery of this heavenly place in the Caribbean, come discover Isla Mujeres!
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