My single trip to the Casa de los Tres Mundos in Granada left me with overwhelming visions of the fascinating history, contemporary art, social and cultural trends, and archaeology of Nicaragua. One lovely feature just as you enter the building is a set of murals running along the wall of a colonnaded walk-way surrounding the a grassy central courtyard. The murals depict various stages of the growth of Granada, beginning with the pre-columbian period and extending to the era of the American fillibustering imperialist General Walker in the 1850's. Each stage is annotated with a quote from a source from the period.
Although the murals do not seem to be dated (or at least I didn't readily see a date), they were undertaken with the support of the Nicaraguan government, the Nicaraguan Institute of Culture and the government of Italy. The primary artist is listed as Maestro Maurizio Governatori (perhaps Italian?), with the collaboration of five other contributors and with the special contributions of Dr. Jorge Eduardo Arellano. In addition 4 students of the National School of Plastic Arts were involved. It must have been a really exciting project to work on -- from the research to the planning of the murals to the execution!
The murals bear the main title of "Historia de la Construccion de la Ciudad de Granada". Each individual section of the mural has its own title as well.
1. "Asentamiento Aborigen (1200-1523)" (left)
2. "Etapa Fundacional (1524-1539)" (right)
3. "Expansion Colonizadora (1540-1600)" (left)
4. "Auge Comercial" (right)
5. "Ataques Piraticos, Recuperacion y Defensas Militares (1665-1811)" (left)
6. "Independencia y Guerras Civiles (1812-1855)" (right)There seemed to be no mural associated with the 7th quote, called "Incendio Filibustero (1856)".
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