Xilitla

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At the northern end of the Sierra Gorda range, where the dusty red rock washes into green, an eccentric Englishman named Edward James built a cement fantasy garden, an experiment in surrealist architecture.

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Photos

Xilitla, Mexico
photo by David George

Comments

[LongToJourney]

Englishman's Castle
We first visited the "Englishman's Castle" in 1978. We returned nearly 20 years later in the mid-90s. I am happy to see from David's picture that the Dali-inspired, Seuss-like fantasy garden is aging gracefully in the jungle.

[julio bandilla]

vacation in summer
I was in slp with my uncles visiting the englishman's castle and it was an experience that i will never forget. That was the first time I saw something like that.