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    name: Peter Molnar
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lang: en
published: '2021-10-11T09:00:00+01:00'
tags:
- César Manrique
- Lanzarote
- architecture
title: The visible part of Fundación César Manrique

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![](lanzarote-fundacion-cesar-manrique.jpg)

In the middle of the 60s, the aforementioned César Manrique, essentially
the creator of current day Lanzarote, came back to the island, and
created a home for himself. The house which you see is the top level,
which follows the traditional architecture of the island, but underneath
this, there are lava bubble caves, which he converted into a living
accommodation.

The place certainly worth a visit, although it's a museum dedicated to
Manrique himself, so there might be a bit too much of him here and
there; that does not take away the value of the unique building and
living quarters though.