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This house built by Frenchman Plácido Lere located in San Ignacio in Mulegé was once the first guest house in San Ignacio, today the house offers a welcoming bookstore, photo archive and garden. The bookstore also offers some fine crafts, including the saddlery of Juan Gabriel Arce Arce, who won the state's grand prize for crafts, paintings and prints by artist Clemente Arce Villavicencio and cloths embroidered in the old style by women of the town and ranch. The old barn now houses the San Ignacio Archive, a collection of 940 photos.
The municipality of Mulegé is one of the five municipalities of the state of Baja California Sur. Its most important cities are Santa Rosalía, Guerrero Negro and Mulegé. It became the main port of the peninsula region due to its economic activities. It has various places to visit such as the Temple of Santa Bárbara and the municipal palace, as well as a great wealth of cave paintings, beaches and places for snorkeling and ecotourism.
Most small towns hold their traditional festivals; the most important are: San Ignacio in July, Santa Rosalía in October and Mulegé in September. During Holy Week, the death of Jesus Christ is reenacted, a tradition that dates back 100 years and was brought to these lands by the Yaqui Indians who arrived in Santa Rosalía with the first copper mines.