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Candles were very important during the mission era. All night lighting and even daytime indoor lighting was via candlelight. So, a supply of candles was a necessity.
The workshop building is really a combination of workshop space and barrack space. Work was performed here and soldiers lived here.
In a mission with a quadrangle the workshops will often open to the outside as well as open to an interior courtyard. Since La Purísima isn't built in the shape of a quadrangle but, instead, a straight line what would have been an interior courtyard was instead built as an enclosed patio with lower walls as seen here. An interior overhang provided shade and helped cool the workshops.
Exploration of the workshops and interior courtyard can be done more or less at random. For this tour we'll start in the courtyard and then visit the barracks and workshops. Normally, the courtyard has static displays of various things like ovens, a grape press, etc. The day I toured it was a Mission Life Day and docents were active baking bread, making soap, and making tortillas. You'll see those activities here. Find a doorway that goes through and start in the courtyard... Baking bread, making tortillas, making soap & tools on display...Or take a detour, start near the church, and look through the...
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