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The Bells of Neruda's House at Isla Negra by Gabriel Robledo

And since it couldn’t have turned out any other way, in Chile we visited Pablo Neruda’s beautiful house in Isla Negra. In the image you can see some bells that are outside his house. When you look at the bells from the position I took the photo, you have a very beautiful view of the beach.

Beach View

You can’t imagine how many things Neruda collected in his house! There you can find figureheads, dissected insects and thousands of rare artifacts from other countries. Most of these objects are related to one of his passions: navigation.

Something that got stuck into my mind was that Neruda made up a story for each object and an explanation of why each object should be in a certain place of the house. You can find a brief history of the house where some of these objects are mentioned here.

Sadly, I couldn’t take any imagines inside the house because it was prohibited, it would have been nice. Anyway, I’ve found some images of the inside of the house at the Isla Negra Foundation’s web page.

Gabriel