Touring - Cesar Manrique Museum
Ile Jeudi
Bob and Lin Griffiths
Mon 24 Sep 2012 16:04
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Monday 24 September 2012
Wherever you go in Lanzarote there are references
to the island's most famous artist, Cesar Manrique. There is seldom
any mention of any other person of significance from the island which left me
feeling that they were rather over egging it. He was responsible
for designing a lot of the natural tourist attractions in Lanzarote so
we visited his house which was opened to the public after his death in
1992.
Expecting a traditional house with a few of his
paintings and sculptures inside we were blown away by his 'house' and it made me
realise why they were making such a fuss. He had bought a plot of land ie,
a bed of lava rock like most of the island, but this plot had several of the
blow holes from the original eruption out of which he made a
number of rooms below ground level and connected them with tunnels.
The place was fascinating and we were all stunned by his imagination. The
lower rooms were much cooler than the surface.
The pool in one of the blow holes:-
 One of the below ground rooms. Please excuse
the poor photography:-
 The view from one of the windows. A bit
stark:-
 Part of the garden:-
 Lin and Mon:-
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