{"id":26065,"date":"2016-09-14T17:10:34","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T10:10:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/las-pozas-mexico-the-folly-and-fantasy-of-a-british-eccentric\/"},"modified":"2016-09-14T17:26:29","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T10:26:29","slug":"las-pozas-mexico-the-folly-and-fantasy-of-a-british-eccentric","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.siamlandbank.com\/propertynews\/property-news\/las-pozas-mexico-the-folly-and-fantasy-of-a-british-eccentric\/","title":{"rendered":"Las Pozas, Mexico, the folly and fantasy of a British eccentric"},"content":{"rendered":"


\nIn the mid-20th century, poet Edward James created a \u2018Surrealist Xanadu\u2019 of concrete sculptures, waterfalls and ponds in the rainforest north of Mexico CityHigh in the Sierra Madre mountains, 280 miles north of Mexico City and well off the usual tourist trail, is one of the biggest and least-known artistic monuments of the 20th century. Las Pozas (the pools) was the eccentric vision of the wealthy British poet Edward James. An early sponsor of Dali and Magritte, between 1949 and 1984, James spent millions creating a \u201cSurrealist Xanadu\u201d, with Mexican follies sculpted from concrete to ensure their longevity in the rainforest. Continue reading…
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\nSource : theguardian.com
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