"Yo quisiera saber, continuaba diciendo en voz muy baja, voz de misterio, si hay alguien capaz de explicarme por qué se experimenta aquí, en este sitio, esta nostalgia, nostalgia que he sentido todos los días de mi vida y que se insinúa en el pecho de todos los moradores de la isla. Yo quisiera saber si alguno ha comprendido que esta languidez proviene, simplemente, de que la isla entera es una mariposa que suspira por sus alas…"
Beneath the lake of a once lavish Victorian estate, lies this curious “underwater ballroom,” built by mining magnate, Whitaker Wright. On the apex of the dome stands a Neptune statue. The purpose of this statue was to expel cigar smoke from inside the ballroom. The main estate was a 32 room mansion, but the ballroom was used to entertain guests. The ballroom has remained abandoned since the tragic death of it’s creator. Wright, convicted of fraud and facing a seven year prison sentence, swallowed a cyanide tablet in the courtroom.
