We visited a little known place in Mexico this summer called Las Pozas. It was built by an eccentric Englishman named Edward James. The place is as interesting as it is beautiful.
Xilitla and Las Pozas
A few images of Edward James's Las Pozas and the nearby town of Xilitla.
The town of Xilitla awakens.
Las Pozas
El Castillo
A view from El Castillo looking up the hill to the town square.
La Silleta overlooks the town of Xilitla
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my lost paradise
sir edwar james make this fantastic world....in las pozas-xilitla-mexico art brut,folk art, great!!!...amazing!!!
A Few Links
- Raw Vision: Las Pozas
- XILITLA, City of Dreams. Jim Christy describes how eccentric genius Edward James built his own paradise
- Out of This World
- "In a rain forest in Mexico lies a wilderness fantasy called Las Pozas, where concrete flowers bloom in profusion, unfinished stairways spiral into the treetops, and waterfalls fill secret pools."
- One Man's Fantasy
- The Surrealist poet, self-styled architect and arts patron Edward James liked to put his ideas into concrete form before they got away.
- Edward James
- Wikipedia
- El Castillo
- El Castillo is an inn located in the town of Xilitla it was once the family home of Plutarco Gastelum, Sr., Edward James's manager.
- Las Pozas
- A photo essay
Great Stuff on Amazon
Surreal Eden: Edward James and Las Pozas
Amazon Price: $39.95 (as of 07/12/2009) 
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