Said to be one in every of isla mujeres maximum famous and colourful figures changed into Fermin Mundaca de Marechaja, a pirate, however higher called a slave dealer. During the middle of 1800's the British Navy were lively in preventing the trafficking of slave trade at the excessive seas. Due to the British Navy fulfillment, which made lifestyles for him very uncomfortable, he determined to retire to Isla Mujeres, with its sheltered shorelines, and salt, which at the time changed into a crucial necessity for meals protection.

There have been many greater 'sea-guys' which retreated to the Island, which supplied welcome company. However, he fell in love with a younger stunning Island female, acknowledged domestically as "La Triguena" (The Brunette).

Such became his love and lust for this 18-12 months-vintage splendor that he built, for her, a appropriate hacienda. Surrounded with the aid of incredible gardens, full of extraordinary vegetation that is entered via craved gates bearing the beauties call. However, she shunned his adoration and married a younger Island man, they had many children, which in the end ended in Mundaca going mad.

He back to the mainland and die inside the metropolis of Merida, in which he was buried. However if you visit Isla Mujeres cemetery, you could view his craved gravestone, which is marked inside the image of the Skull and Crossbones and bears the inscription "As you're, I was. As I am, you may be".

Much of Mundaca wealth got here from the trafficking of slaves from Africa to Cuba. This allowed him to construct this brilliant Hacienda, the stays of which can be observed at the south side of the Island among Downtown and Garrafon Nature Park.