The Palacio de Cristal del Retiro (“Glass Palace”) was built in A.D. 1887 for the Exposition of the Philippines. Originally, it was intended to be a greenhouse full of tropical plants. Ricardo Velázquez Bosco had an English example in mind for the design—it’s not as tall or wide as the

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