{"id":10903,"date":"2018-11-25T22:28:44","date_gmt":"2018-11-26T04:28:44","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/?post_type=citadela-item&#038;p=10903"},"modified":"2025-12-22T16:53:45","modified_gmt":"2025-12-22T22:53:45","slug":"quinta-erendira-sede-del-crefal","status":"publish","type":"citadela-item","link":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/item\/quinta-erendira-sede-del-crefal\/","title":{"rendered":"Quinta Er\u00e9ndira (sede del CREFAL)"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"4\"><b>Where viceregal grandeur became an aesthetic code.<\/b><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"5\" class=\"translation-block\">Quinta Er\u00e9ndira did not \"invent\" P\u00e1tzcuaro, but it did function as the <b>architectural laboratory<\/b> where it was decided <b>how the city should be preserved and projected<\/b> to the world to become the tourist destination it is today.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"6\">La Quinta Er\u00e9ndira no &#8220;invent\u00f3&#8221; P\u00e1tzcuaro, pero s\u00ed funcion\u00f3 como el <b>laboratorio arquitect\u00f3nico<\/b> donde se decidi\u00f3 <b>c\u00f3mo deb\u00eda conservarse y proyectarse<\/b> la ciudad ante el mundo para convertirse en el destino tur\u00edstico que es hoy.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\ud83c\udfdb\ufe0f The Architect of Homogeneity: Albert Le Duc<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8\" class=\"translation-block\">Although the mansion was remodeled in 1936 for General L\u00e1zaro C\u00e1rdenas, the true architect of its aesthetics was <b>Alberto Le Duc Monta\u00f1o<\/b>.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"9\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Expert Fact:<\/b> Le Duc's mission was to take the existing architectural wealth (Baroque, Eclectic, and Vernacular) and create a <b>urban image regulation<\/b>. He used the Quinta Er\u00e9ndira to test and establish the \u201cneocolonial\u201d or \u201ctypical\u201d style that was later imposed by law throughout the city. Thanks to this standardization effort, modern constructions were prevented from disrupting the town's harmony, achieving that atmosphere of \"time standing still\" that unites 16th-century buildings with 20th-century interventions such as the Emperor Theater or the Library.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\ud83c\udfa8 Hidden Treasures: The Hall of Flags<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"10\">El interior resguarda una <a href=\"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/cat\/ruta-de-los-murales\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">colecci\u00f3n mural\u00edstica<\/a> que complementa la ruta de la ciudad. En la antigua sala principal (hoy Sala de Banderas), <b>Roberto Cueva del R\u00edo<\/b> pint\u00f3 en 1943 una visi\u00f3n \u00edntima de la historia:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"11\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11,0,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>La Er\u00e9ndira a Caballo:<\/b> Unlike other representations, here the Pur\u00e9pecha heroine appears triumphant, a symbol that C\u00e1rdenas personally adopted (hence the name of the estate).<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"11,1,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Maps and Botany:<\/b> The walls also display stylized maps of Michoac\u00e1n and local flora, reflecting the General's obsession with knowledge of the territory and rural education.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\ud83c\uddfa\ud83c\uddf3 A Gift to the World (UNESCO)<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"13\" class=\"translation-block\">In 1950, in an unprecedented gesture, General C\u00e1rdenas donated his beloved residence to UNESCO to found CREFAL (Regional Cooperation Center for Adult Education in Latin America and the Caribbean). The donation was received by Jaime Torres Bodet, Director-General of UNESCO, transforming this country house into an international educational beacon.<\/p>\n<h3 style=\"text-align: justify;\">\ud83c\udf43 What you can visit today<\/h3>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"15\">Although it is an active academic institution and not an open museum, there are accessible areas worth visiting:<\/p>\n<ul style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"16\">\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,0,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Lucas Ortiz Library:<\/b> Its interior design is a master class in how to integrate modernity into a historic building.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,1,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>The Gardens:<\/b> Originally designed as botanical acclimatization fields, they offer privileged views towards the lake and the island of Janitzio.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p data-path-to-node=\"16,2,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>The Mirador Pavilion:<\/b> A structure in the gardens that visually connects the house with the Morelos Monument.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>What does this mean?<\/b> It is very likely that <b>you will not be able to enter<\/b> the Lucas Ortiz Library or the gardens of Quinta Er\u00e9ndira.<\/p>\n<ul data-path-to-node=\"8,1\">\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,1,0,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>What does this mean?<\/b> It is very likely that <b>you will not be able to enter<\/b> the Lucas Ortiz Library or the gardens of Quinta Er\u00e9ndira.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li style=\"text-align: justify;\">\n<p data-path-to-node=\"8,1,1,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Recommendation:<\/b> Admire the architecture from the outside (the facade and perimeter fence are visible from Av. L\u00e1zaro C\u00e1rdenas) but <b>don't plan your visit counting on interior access<\/b>.<\/p>\n<\/li>\n<li>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\" data-path-to-node=\"8,1,2,0\" class=\"translation-block\"><b>Status:<\/b> <i>Check availability on site.<\/i><\/p>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Donde la grandeza virreinal se convirti\u00f3 en c\u00f3digo est\u00e9tico. P\u00e1tzcuaro siempre ha sido una joya. Ya en el siglo XIX, el explorador Alexander von Humboldt qued\u00f3 maravillado con su belleza [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":10910,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","template":"","citadela-item-category":[391],"citadela-item-location":[392],"class_list":["post-10903","citadela-item","type-citadela-item","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","citadela-item-category-edificios","citadela-item-location-patzcuaro"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/10903","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/citadela-item"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=10903"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item\/10903\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/10910"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=10903"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-category?post=10903"},{"taxonomy":"citadela-item-location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/villapatzcuaro.com\/visitpatzcuaro\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/citadela-item-location?post=10903"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}