Casa de los Leones & Fundación Casa de los Tres Mundos

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Founded in 1986 by Ernesto Cardenal, Fundación Casa de los Tres Mundos moved to its current glam premises in 1992. It holds special events which are frequent, cheap and usually interesting: poetry readings, classical ballet, folkloric dance and films on the 'Cube of Light,' a fabric screen where foreign and artsy flicks are shown for free in the plaza.

Named for the carved lions on its stone portal (the only part of the original structure that survived William Walker's 1856 pyromaniacal retreat), the Casa de los Leones was rebuilt as a stately private home in 1920. During regular business hours, your entrance fee buys a look inside the beautiful mansion and a few art displays.