Castillo Pittamiglio, Las Flores, Building in Las Flores, Maldonado, Uruguay

Castillo Pittamiglio is a 1956 building on Route 71 north of Las Flores, Maldonado, Uruguay. Its facade imitates a castle: rough gray, brown and pink stone below, red brick above, a central open archway with a crenellated parapet, and red brick towers with small rectangular windows and crenellated tops on both sides. A white flag flies above the arch.

Humberto Pittamiglio built this retreat in 1956, the same architect and politician behind the castle on Montevideo's Rambla Wilson. He designed it following the rules of alchemy, with a facade made to look like a large castle. After his death in 1966 the property passed to the state, and it belongs to the Intendencia de Maldonado, administered today by the municipality of Solís Grande.

The garden behind the arch holds animal figures and esoteric symbols, and at the far end stands a Christ the Redeemer with arms open in the form of a cross, which mystics read as paradise. The building now houses an interactive multimedia museum on Pittamiglio's life and his link to alchemy.

The building stands on Route 71, north of the Las Flores beach resort in Maldonado department, and is reached by road from the coast. It now houses an interactive multimedia museum on Humberto Pittamiglio's life and alchemy, so allow time for the exhibits. The grounds extend into roughly 80 hectares of forest, with the open garden and its animal figures and esoteric symbols behind the facade.

The castle stands amid roughly 80 hectares of woodland, and inside its grounds a large open garden holds numerous animal figures and esoteric symbols. At the back, a Christ the Redeemer with arms open in the form of a cross is read by mystics as representing paradise.