Press Release
The Palacio de Cristal was inaugurated in 1887 with an exhibition of the flora of the Philippines, at that time Spain’s pre-eminent colony. Palm trees and indigenous plants of many kinds were installed in a ceremonial layout that centered on two chairs raised on a dais, flanked by tapestries and accessed across a spread of oriental carpets. Conceived specifically for this location (now dedicated to art projects commissioned by the Museo Nacional Centro de Arte...
