Escuela de Artes Plásticas

Lonely Planet review

The monumental gray-and-white building with a red-roofed rotunda across from El Morro is actually the Escuela de Artes Plásticas. Built as an insane asylum during the 19th century, this grand building looks more like a seat of government with its symmetrical wings, columns, Romanesque arches, porticos, courtyards and fountains. Today it is the source of more than a few jokes by contemporary art students about the mad dreams that continue to take shape within its walls.

See for yourself when student shows go on display at the end of each academic term, or take a look at the sculpture court on the right-hand side of the building, where students can be seen chipping new images from granite. The courtyard on the left-hand side has a kiosk.