The Darwinion of San Isidro, certainties and questions of an original building

Abstract

No matter how little imagination one has, the vision of the corner building of the Darwinion -wrapped in lush vegetation and in the middle of exclusive San Isidro neighborhood of cobbled streets and stately residences- can only awaken unforeseen associations with a Hindu temple, some esoteric cenotaph, a masonic center, the fearsome laboratory of Dr. No or even the Orc of Bomarzo, over whose dark mouth ´ogni pensiero vola´.