He met Victoria Ocampo’s old house, located in Mar del Plata, which today is of patrimonial interest.
Mar del Plata It is one of the most visited cities of Buenos Aires during the summer, and people normally attend the beaches or the center. However, this has a lot of activities and places to visit, as is the case with Victoria Ocampo Cultural Centerthat formerly was the home of this mythical writer: the mansion Villa Victoria.
The Cultural Center has a wide variety of activities to carry out during the summer. For example, in addition to knowing how Ocampo’s home was, visitors can enjoy Conferences, musical cycles, plays and gardening courses dictated by the Marplatense of Horticulture.
Mansion Villa Victoria: from Residence to Cultural Center
Victoria Ocampo.jpg Cultural Center
The residence was originally built at the beginning of the 20th century and belonged to the Ocampo family for several years. This had been Moving entirely from Englandwhere Francisca Ocampo de Ocampoaunt grandmother and godmother of the writer, bought it. Once the property, Victoria Ocampo’s father, Manuelalso built a house for homemade and a home for service personnel.
In the 20 ‘, the writer inherited the property and decided to turn her into a Open meeting space for authors and friends. Some of the most prominent guests were Jorge Luis BorgesGabriela Misras, Enrique Pezoni, Maria Rosa Oliver, among others. Ocampo spent the following years of his life in that residence, until six years before he died, he decided to donate it to the United Nations Educational, Science and Culture Organization (UNESCO).
Victoria Ocampo died in 1979and in 1981 the Municipality of General Pueyrredón acquired the mansion. Since then, the residence works like the Victoria Ocampo Cultural Center. Both Villa Victoria and its park were declared as assets of patrimonial interest.
How is the Villa Victoria mansion, the former Victoria Ocampo home
Today, the Cultural Center still has the three residences of Villa Victoria: the main property has an English style, that of the landlords has a French style and that of the staff, an Italian. The main house Keep the wall wallpaper and the old wooden stairs. The Original furniture so that visitors can explore what the life of Victoria Ocampo was like.
The park remains in constant care thanks to the Marplatense of Horticulture. He receives people before entering the home and is full of lavenders, hortensias, pilgrims and agapantos. Inside the house, you can visit, for example, The main hall and the bedroom of Ocampowhich seem frozen over time because they maintain the original furniture. In addition, in some rooms there are explanatory videos about the life of the writer, as can be found some numbers of the South magazinefounded by herself.
The cultural center is open every day except Tuesdays, for free. The visiting schedule is from 2:00 p.m. to 7:00 p.m. and is located in Matheu 1851.
Source: Ambito
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