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... surrealists put together. They pretend, but he is the real thing." We heartily agree. Edward came to Mexico in the 1940s to escape WWII, and came to Xilitla in 1945 to cultivate orchids. In 1962, a freak freeze destroyed his orchids, and he decided to ...
... largest collection of surrealist art in the world. With war approaching he went to the States and eventually in 1945 moved to Xilitla where he started to grow the local orchids. When a freak snowfall destroyed them he decided to build them in concrete. He ...
We have a house just mile from Jalpan, its very nice to be able to get away from the big city, we enjoy being there.
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