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There are so many good photos of flowers, architecture, the farm, public art and one very surprising vista! (I may share here tomorrow.) And I decided not to fill another week’s worth of blog posts with them. So I encourage you to check out the 2018 Xandari Resort Photo Gallery. This was one of my most photogenic places to visit yet!
I just love every little corner of Costa Rica!
¡Pura Vida!
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| Mariana Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Flowers in front of Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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| Oxcart in front of Chapel Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
Villa Blanca’s Mariana Wedding Chapel was the 50th anniversary-wedding gift from former President Rodrigo Carazo Odio to First Lady Estrella Carazo Zeledon. Its unique hand painted ceramic ceiling depicts the history of the Virgin Mary when first introduced into Latin America by Christian missionaries. It is located on a grassy knoll overlooking the farm village and hacienda of Villa Blanca. The Chapel’s backdrop is the 840 Ha (2000 acre) Los Angeles Cloud Forest, with over 300 listed bird species included within a variety of flora and fauna in this protected habitat and serene mountain setting. The chapel, a replica of a 17th century chapel in Rome, features a high beam ceiling composed of 840 individual ceramic plates, all of them hand drawn and painted with high temperature enamel paints. Each side of the ceiling has 15 panels of 28 plates divided in two vertical rows of 14 plates. Each one of the columns formed by the 14 plates conveys a theme allusive to a Latin-American virgin and her country of origin.
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| One of many vistas from Villa Blanca |
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| The main building seen from the chapel. |
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| sign at entrance gate |
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| Traffic on the road coming up to Villa Blanca. |
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| One view from outside dining area. White spot is chapel on the campus. |
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| You can come here each morning and milk a cow if you wish! |
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| One of many hiking trails. |
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| Trail exit to a hummingbird garden |
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| One row of cabins. There are a total of 36. |
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| Greenhouse |
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| There are nearly always clouds in the cloud forest! |
On top of the hill, the center of everything that happens at Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Hotel:
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| I know! It’s just a dead leaf! But I think it is beautiful art! 🙂 Villa Blanca Cloud Forest Resort & Nature Reserve San Ramon, Costa Rica |
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