La Gran Francia



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HOTELYEAR BUILT 1524 YEAR REMODELED 1990ADDITIONAL PROPERTY DESCRIPTION WITH ITS AMPLE CEILINGS LINED WITH SLENDER CANE ITS EXTENSIVE INTERNAL CORRIDORS BEDECKED IN INTRICATELY DESIGNED FLOORS AND IT SHIGH ROOF ADORNED BY AGED TERRACOTTA SPANISH TILE THE ARCHITECTURAL JEWEL LA GRAN FRACIA IS ONE OF THE BEST EXAMPLES OF SPANISH COLONIAL CONSTRUCTIONS IN NICARAGUA. BECAUSE OF ITS PROVILEGED LOCATION ON THE SOUTHEASTERN CORNER OF EL PARQUE COLON AROUND WHICH THE MOST IMPORTANT GOVERNMENTAL AND RELIGIOUS BUILDINGS IN GRANADA STILL PREDOMINATE HISTORIANS HAVE DEDUCTED THAT THE ERECTION OF THE ORIGINAL BUILDING THAT WOULD COME TO BE KNOWN AS LA GRAN FRANCIA DATES TO THE FIRST COUPLE OF YEARS AFTER THE FOUNDING OF THE COLONIAL CITY IN 1524. WRITTEN TESTIMONY AND ENGRAVINGS LEFT NEHIND BY TRAVELERS WHO PASSED THROUGH GRANADA DURING THE XVII CENTURY CONFIRM THIS HYPOTHESIS DESCRIBING THE COLONIAL STYLE OF THE HOUSE WHICH WAS THEN JUST A ONE STOUR BUILDING. WITHIN ITS THICK ADOBE WALLS THIS BEAUTIFUL GRAND EDIFICE CONTAINS MORE THAN TWO CENTURIES OF LEGENDS AND HISTRICAL ANECDOTES THAT HAUNT THE IMAGINATION AND DELIGHT THE SENSES. LA GRAN FRANCIA OPENED ITS DOORD TO THE PUBLIC ADTER UNDERGOING A METICULOUS AND CAREFUL RECONSTRUCTION SO THAT THIS TREASURE OF NICARAGUAN ARCHITECTURE RESCUED FROM ITS INEVITABLE AND SLOW COLLAPSE HAS BEEN RESTORE IN FAITHFUL IMAGE OF ITS GOLDEN GLORY.







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