TALIESIN

After years spent in Oak Park in Chicago, Frank Lloyd Wright returns to the land of his childhood, to find the peace and serenity of the hills of the Spring Green area. Beginning in 1911, he built Taliesin, a work that he reworked over and over again until his death in 1959. It is a complete work that encompasses not only the house, but also the surrounding gardens and meadows, roads and bodies of water. The interior furnishings are also creations of the father of modern architecture. The Taliesin site encompasses six structures: Romeo and Juliet's Mill, Hillside Home School, Tan-y-deri House, Miway Farm, Taliesin and Riverview Terrace, which is the visitor centre and the starting point for all tours of the vast grounds surrounding the house. Several of these tours are offered each year, the best known and most popular being the tour of Taliesin's house. For the record, a terrible drama took place here in 1914 when one of the architect's servants decided, in his absence, to murder his mistress of the time, Mama Borthwick, and six other people after setting fire to the house. An anecdote that reinforces the idea that Frank Lloyd Wright led a colourful life.

In 2019, Taliesin was inscribed on UNESCO's World Heritage List, along with seven other works by Frank Lloyd Wright, for their influence on the international scene and their decisive role in the development of 20th century architecture.