interior

the sordid story of the Nazis’ golden retreat in the interior of Chile

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Let’s say you are in a chilean villagethat you are with your friends or your family enjoying a few days of rest in what seems like a tourist venue that is passed off as a mini-simulation of the German Oktoberfest. But, suddenly, your suspicions are activated when you realize that this space is not exactly the resort of tranquility that you had been promised, but rather the gloomy place where very harsh events have taken place, crimes against humanity whose trail goes beyond the town or Chile itself. That’s what could have happened to any of the attendees. Villa Bavariaformerly known as Colonia Dignidad (the name changed in 2005 at the suggestion of arms dealer Gerhard Mertins) and the nerve center of one of the black spots in the history of South America that welcomed the Nazis after the Second World War. Since 2012, an activities program and the hotel have offered enjoyable experiences for “anyone” who wants to visit the town, thus trying to renew the public’s vision of this ancient community. Founded by Germans mobilized there at the end of the 50s, among the historical landmarks of Colonia Dignidadnow Villa Baviera, have germinated a sectarian organization from which it was very difficult to escape, having in its history reports of forced labor for both children and adults, having a leader (Paul Schäfer) accused of having raped dozens of children and having served as a detention and torture center for the DINA during the dictatorship of Augusto Pinochet. From the shadiest cult to a renewed holiday paradise From Villa Baviera’s own website They don’t hide it. They know that sooner or later people will discover the center’s past: “we lived through painful moments that to this day cannot be forgotten. As a way of looking to the future, we opened ourselves to the community and currently anyone is welcome to share our lifestyle.” They defend themselves, establishing themselves, whether willingly or not, as one of the most twisted places to practice the so-called dark tourism. From an area populated by faithful to their cult, restricted and harassed by the leader of the colony Paul Schäfernow a dream place of everything that represents the folkloric supremacy of the Aryan race. Thus, between Chileans and former Germans who lived that dark past and who are now adultsthis tourist spot is organized, in which deluxe rooms have been added and jacuzzis but the wire fences that once protected the camp from possible escapes have not been removed. In these streets where they now drink mugs of beer and eat bratwurst Josef Mengele would have walkedand under the subsoil they found on more than one occasion what the local police of the Maule Region defined as the “largest private arsenal” ever found in Chile. Semi-automatics, rocket launchers, grenades, explosive material, chemical elements, camouflaged weapons and a tank. All this was in Colonia Dignidad. In 2005. And everything that revolves around Villa Baviera is just one of the multiple traces that the national-socialist regime left in Latin America from the 40smoment by which they would organize the ratlines (escape networks for the Nazis, who could settle with new identities, money and property in various countries) and would provide them with either new jobs alongside dictatorial regimes or an indefinite retirement from work. We have seen that Schäfer supported Pinochet from this location, but there is more than a pedophile paramedic in the ranks of infamous German soldiers who later hid on the other side of the pond. According to the Wiesenthal Center, about 300 war criminals and thousands of collaborators from the Third Reich arrived in Argentina at the end of the Second World War. According to the Commission to Clarify the Activities of Nazism in Argentina (Ceana), the list is closer to 200. Philippe Aziz writes in the book War Criminalsthe following: “Argentina was the most inviolable refuge of the Nazis. Recent and serious documents have formally established that Martin Bormann had extremely important funds (gold, foreign currencies, stock securities and company shares) transferred by plane, from November (1944) to March (1945). CIA agents even managed to identify in (1953), the names of the aviators who carried out these flights, the banks and the numbers of these “Unfortunately, the US government has until today opposed the publicity of these investigations that could provide interesting revelations about the famous Nazi treasure.” The Nazi Latin America dreamed of by Martin Bormann And yes, that was Bormann, Head of the Chancellery and Director of the NSDAP since almost its beginning, intimate of Adolf Hitler from his position as Private Secretary to the Führer. Bormann was one of the main defenders of the persecution of Christian churches and favored the poor treatment and enslavement of Jews and Slavs in the areas conquered by Germany during World War II. One of the greatest theorists of the regime and those responsible for crimes against humanity, no matter how much he tried to negotiate peace with the British in ’41. Most likely is that he died in the vicinity of the Führerbunker shortly after Hitler’s suicide, where remains resembling Bornmann’s body were found. But several Nazi hunters have believed they saw him in different American locations, among them, Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguaywhere, as we have seen, he had sent funds. Bormann could have been the first of the beneficiaries of ODESSA, that secret institution intended to find refuge to prominent Nazi leaders. These are some of the other great Nazi criminals in history who, following what Bormann designed, ended up in South America: Erich Priebke Erich Priebke He murdered, along with Herbert Kappler, 335 Italians and 75 Jews in ’44. But for him, this execution is nothing more than the product of a war in which they found themselves, a reprisal that would give a lesson to the GAP partisans who in the Rome area murdered 31 Nazi police days before. The person responsible for the Ardentine Graves Massacre He went to Argentina and lived in Bariloche, a … Read more

why interior design occupies the place of fashion today

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There was a time when status was measured by the cut of a lapel or the logo on a handbag. Today, the true statement of intent is not in the closet, but on the living room shelf. The scene is typical: a dinner at home does not begin until the table, perfectly “staged”, has been captured by the lens of a smartphone. Decoration is the new language of identity; a space where we project who we are with the same urgency with which we previously chose a outfit to go out into the street. The exposed shelter. The border between private and public has jumped into the air. If before the home was the place where “we took off our shoes”, now it is the stage where we “put on the filter.” An example of this phenomenon It’s the rise of the breakfast nook. What started as a functional gesture to organize cups and coffee makers has ended up being a “symbol of the aspirational home” that floods our morning stories on social media. This phenomenon is not coincidental. As detailed in the S Moda supplementthe house operates today with the codes of the street style: millimeter poses, studied corners and carefully filtered light. We no longer decorate to live, but so that our life “is sustained before the eyes of the eyes.” voyeurs of the networks”. The landing of the brands. The market has read the change with surgical precision. According to a report by Business of Fashionhome design is a $643 billion global market that has reached a higher cruising speed than fashion after the pandemic. Large luxury brands no longer see furniture as an accessory, but as a central piece of their ecosystem: Luxury as an architect of lives: Brands such as Hermès, Bottega Veneta or Loewe use fairs such as the Mobile Show from Milan to demonstrate that its aesthetics can encompass everything, from a bag to an armchair worth thousands of euros. The Democratization of Style: Real change comes from affordable fashion. As Modaes points outMango Home is emulating Zara Home’s strategy, positioning its home line in the segment premium with openings in strategic locations to elevate the brand. You no longer buy a quilt, you buy the “universe” of the firm. Even home care has become a beauty routine. Actress Courteney Cox, through her brand Homecourthas turned detergent and linen sprays into objects of desire. As explained in Forbestheir intention is to make mundane tasks like doing laundry feel like “a self-care ritual” and for the jars to be so pretty that they don’t have to be hidden. How did we get here? To understand why we are obsessed with making our living room “instagrammable”, we have to look back. We could place the starting point in the birth of Pinterest in 2010, a platform that created the first global archive of domestic aspirations. However, the real turning point was 2020. Seeing ourselves locked up, our homes became our offices, gyms and leisure centers. How do they explain from the Somos Nido studio For the supplement, space stopped being something external and became part of our mental health. At the same time, the real estate crisis has played a psychological role. According to psychologist Noelia Sanchointerviewed in El Mueble, faced with the impossibility of buying a house, we invest in objects to generate an emotional bond and reaffirm our identity in an unstable world. The rebellion against the “dictatorship of the neutral.” In recent years, a search for simplicity and homogenization has prevailed; an aesthetic of beige spaces designed for the algorithm. But the trends of 2026 already propose a rebellion against that coldness. Pantone’s recent selection of the color ‘Cloud Dancer’ (an ethereal white) as Color of the Year 2026 has sparked debate. According to Architecture and Designinterior designer Virginia Sánchez admits “not being a big fan” because she considers it a somewhat cold tone. To prevent homes from looking like empty clinics, experts recommend accompany this white with rustic materials and warm woods. In this context, furniture with character regains its throne. Pieces such as mango or walnut wood sideboards and grooved fronts — like those proposed by the firm sweeek— they come back strong to provide that personality and “exoticism” that extreme minimalism had stolen from our living rooms. Living is the new dressing. The rise of interior design tells us that we are no longer satisfied with being spectators of beauty; we want to live inside it. Whether through tablescape —the art of decorating the table in an almost theatrical way— or choosing a designer lamp, we are trying to regain control of our immediate environment. Fashion has moved from the catwalk to the sofa because, in an increasingly digital and ephemeral world, the home continues to be the only place where we can build a refuge that, in addition to being beautiful on a screen, makes us feel good when the camera turns off. In the end, the question is no longer what we wear to be seen, but what atmosphere we have created to be ourselves. Image | Unsplash Xataka | The bidet is dead. The square meter killed it and Scandinavian design buried it

Interior Spain has been dreaming of having a beach. Now you will have the largest private in Europe in … Guadalajara

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Much has rained since ‘The Refrescos’ sang that “there is no beach” in 1989. It is true that communities like Madrid either Castilla-La Mancha have several “beaches” in which they can cool off if parks in full heat wavebut by great, beautiful and refreshing that are those gaps, it seems that more water is needed. And, at a time when We are running out of beaches all over the planetGuadalajara has decided that it will open the largest interior beach in Europe. Alovera Beach. Alovera It is a town located in the Guadalajara countryside that has a population of about 13,500 inhabitants and will soon add to its tourist attractions the largest artificial beach in Europe. At least, They say so Those responsible for the project, the company Crystal Lagoons that has seen how the municipal plenary approved unanimously a transfer agreement for 40 years of land very close to the important Mahou beer factory on the outskirts of the municipality. The plot has about 105,000 square meters and the works are expected to begin at the end of this year to open their “doors” in spring of 2027. It is estimated that about 20 million euros will be invested and about 140 direct jobs will be created. It is a project that began to be developed in 2017, but that after the resource of environmental environment and reactivation after the COVID-19 Pandemiahe has seen green light a few days ago. The “Beach”. Within those more than ten hectares, the Chilean multinational Crystal Lagoons, That he has already built “beaches” of this type in other countries, he wants to create facilities that will consist of: An artificial lagoon of about 20,000 square meters with differentiated areas for bathroom and navigation. A white sand beach of 16,000 square meters. Complementary facilities such as a ‘club’ Ibizan style, aquatic attractions, sports activities and restoration. Parking with 1,000 places. In addition to private investment, the company will pay a fee of ten million euros throughout the 40 years of granting the land to the City Council. Crystal Lagoons technology. If we go around the company’s website, this “Lagoons” technology is mentioned several times. They mention that it is something “proprietary and ecological ”and what they detail is that their methodology is sustainable and profitable: Use 100 times less chemical than a conventional pool (thanks to a system of “”Disinfection pulses”), And 30 times less water than a golf course. It requires only 2% of the energy of traditional filtration systems by using pulses to group the largest particles in an area of ​​the lagoon, collecting them all at once. Minimum water consumption because it works with a closed circuit that is replenished only when there is evaporation. They affirmIn addition, that the cost of maintenance and construction is “very low, even lower than those of a park of the same size” and have a technology to capture rainwater and replace the pools and everything is monitored to maintain the parameters at the levels that they consider optimal. The land where the beach will be built Criticism. However, the project has generated controversies since its announcement in 2017, the environmental impact being the trigger. Ecologists in action critical The project by stating that it was a “nonsense and a waste of drinking water” to build something like that in a dry area that needs tank trucks in summer to satisfy the needs of the neighbors. The estimate is that it will consume more than 30 million liters of drinking water every year and that, to be viable, you will need water from the tributaries of the Tagus. They also have manifested political irregularities when carrying out the agreement. Look at 2027. Despite the voices against, Alovera Beach will begin to lift in the short term and the residents of the municipality will be able to access this artificial beach in the center of the Peninsula that will have direct connection with the A-2 and, therefore, with Madrid and all potential clients. As the multinational assures, Alovera’s will be the largest artificial lagoon of crystalline water in Europe, but it will not be the only one. In Spain they built the Alcazaba Lagoon in Malaga and Santa Rosalia in Murcia, in addition to having your eyes on Seville. There is also interest in expanding in Romania, France, Italy or Poland, thus adding these projects to those of the United States District One of Dubai. So, in the end, Madrid will have close -Otra- beach. Wow, go. In Xataka | Half the Canary Islands created an artificial beach to attract tourism. Without knowing it, he set up a sanctuary for angel sharks

One day, someone thought that a mini with Rolls-Royce interior was a good idea. And what surprised the most were … his carpet

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The BMW group is particular. For just over 25 years, Bavaria’s firm has been taking other companies under his arms. In 1998, Rolls-Royce became part of it and only three years later, in 2001, Mini did the same. In the mid -50s, the world closely followed the Egyptian nationalization of the Suez Canal. The decision derived, among other things, in a generalized rise in fuels that very hard to the automobile industry. Iconic models were born from that crisis. He Fiat 500 It was one of them. The British answer would arrive with the mini. Both cases shared many similarities: small cars that prioritized the interior space, very practical to move around and with very tight engines to position themselves as affordable and easy to maintain vehicles. Saving the technical conditions of those years, in Mini they managed to carry The engine in front and place it transverselya whole milestone that differentiated him from Fiat 500 himself but also from beetle, the other great supervants of the moment. In both cases, the engine was located in the rear. Almost instantaneously, the mini gained popularity for its extreme lightness and agility. So much so that in 1964 he managed more bizarrest preparations and foster the sports spirit of those light cars that are no longer left. Perhaps that is why it is not so surprised that with Rolls-Royce and Mini under the same umbrella, both companies joined to create a most special piece. Fit a rolls-royce in a four-meter car With the purchase of Mini by BMW, the brand was reborn but did it with very different hallmarks. He collected the retro aesthetics from his ancestors but he was reconverted to offer an urban coolan attractive car in the visual, of premium price but with a very distinctive driving dynamic. The success was immediate with the Company redefinition. The popularity of the first new Mini Cooper was immediate and attracted all eyes. The Cooper S or John Cooper Works versions would arrive. But far from the expected sports options, in 2011 Mini surprised with a most unexpected collaboration. With the Mini Inspired by GoodwoodRolls-Royce tried to fit all the company’s luxury in a car that at that time did not reach four meters .. a kind of miniaturization of the maximum luxury and the most select of the automobile industry that was framed within the Deportivo Mini Cooper S. The car reached the Spanish market with a price at the height of its interiors: 49,500 euros … in 2012. That is, today it would cost almost 65,000 euros if we apply the inflation corresponding to that period. Of course, one of the fortunate thousand who made one of these limited series sold the car last year for 31,000 pounds (35,740 euros) that, adding the corresponding taxes, cost more or less the same as the same as the same as the same as more than a decade. Inside, this particular mini had the classic leather upholstery in ‘Cornsilk Beige’ color typical of British luxury berlins and insertions in walnut wood. The roof was topped in Kashmir The sound system was signed by Harman/Kardon and added less common details in those years in small vehicles such as parking sensors or bi-xenon headlights. Even the browser and automatic change had to be asked as extras, increasing the price of the car by more than 3,000 euros. As a personal anecdote, a few days ago I shared a quick talk with Sergio Ríos (Autobild) and Héctor Ares (usual among our companions of Motorpasion). Both They have been able to drive at some time a rolls-royce And both made reference to a differential detail: the carpets. And is that in the test of Autobild For more than 10 years, its author also stood out from the mini inspired by Goodwood this aspect. In fact, In the article you could read the following: What caught my attention the most when I opened the door for the first time were … the carpets. Yes, you are going to laugh, it is not the element in which I usually look at a car, but those carried by this mini inspired by Goodwood are to take a picture and teach them: they are made of lamb skin, and they are so soft that you want to take off your shoes and drive barefoot. In addition, they are very warm; Of course, they have panic, dust and, of course, the mud Yeah, There were reasons to buy a mini inspired by Goodwood and pay for a four -meter -long car and 184 hp gasoline engine almost the same as for a Porsche Boxster In those years. The first, you had enough money. The second, that you will fall in love with some carpets that were like staying to live in them. Photos | Mini In Xataka | New MINI Cooper: Its electric revolution is eclipsed by a huge 24 -centimeter OLED screen

How to redecorate your home and make interior design using artificial intelligence

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Let’s explain How to redecorate your home with artificial intelligence, and by the way to be able to make interior design. They are two related things that today you will be able to do with AI, although in each of the cases there are different methods. We are going to try to tell you the simplest. To begin with, having ideas to redecorate your home with artificial intelligence is simple, since it is something you can do with conventional AI as Chatgpt, COPILOT either Gemini. Meanwhile, to make interior design or have more advanced ideas of redecoration you will have to resort to specialized pages Something more complex. Ideas to redecorate your home with ia Artificial intelligence applications such as chatgpt allow you to ask them to make suggestions to redecorate spaces. For that, You have to send a photo of the space you want to redecoreand ask you to ideas for it. When you do, you will receive a series of suggestions that you can apply based on what you have taught in the photo. In these cases, Chatgpt or the alternative you choose will recognize the content of the photo and the objects or furniture in it. Then it will make you suggestions based on what you are seeing, telling you what kind of decorations you can place and where, suggesting colors and telling you the style, advantages or functions that each idea can have. Obviously, You can also ask concrete questions o Petitions on particular furniture or decoration. For example, among the ideas that Chatgpt gave me for my hall was putting a plant, and when I asked which I recommended me, he suggested several easy to take care of and that tolerate little light. And this with everything, you can say that you want a specific type of furniture for a space you teach, or you can ask you any type of question. Chatgpt will try to answer you, although based only on the photo you give. You can also tell you measures of walls or holes to make suggestions taking them into account. Interior design with artificial intelligence Roomsgpt results Making interior design with AI is something more complex, because it is not enough for Chatgpt to tell you what furniture they hit a space. You need Specific tools for this functionand most of them are usually paid. However, we are going to recommend three tools you can use for freealthough with limited functions. For each of them we will tell you their key aspects and what they offer you. Roomsgpt We start with this because it is The simplest tool. In your free version you just have to choose if you want an exterior, interior, garden or custom design, choose the style, the type of room, and upload a photo. Then the AI ​​will render it semi-realistic. The personalized mode, by the way, allows you to write a prompt with precise and personalized instructions of what you want, and then simply accompany it with the option to upload the image. Your free mode with advertising will be more than enough to give you a few very good ideas based on generic styles, although it does not have the most realistic results. Visualizai A very versatile tool that helps you with interior design and architecture. It is based on an existing image, sketch or plane That you upload by hand, and with them prepare a detailed rendering. You can add predetermined inputs for your style, and fill out text forms to give additional instructions on what you should add or delete. This alternative also allows you to play with the design of objects, ask you to add elements to the rooms, or even say what you do not want. It is price of $ 20 per month, although You can do free tests With a series of limited credits, and knowing that everything you generate will be public so that everyone can see it. Homevisualizrai Homevisualizrai is another very professional tool, which can perform photorealist renders from elevations, reimagine sketches in 3D designs or renew whole rooms in different ways. The program has free and payment versions, from $ 12 per month. The application allows you to upload photos with existing spaces and reimagine them with decorations, or rendering drawings you make. It facilitates the tasks allowing you to choose the type of room you choose and write concrete requests for its design, and you can also limit the “creativity” of AI when it comes to reimaging the spaces. Cover image | Chatgpt In Xataka Basics | The best PROMPTS to save working hours and do your homework with Chatgpt, Gemini, Copilot or other artificial intelligence

take the sea to its interior cities

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China has been paid for a long time Megaconstructions. Some of the most important projects in recent years have had China as the main country. Your approach differs from the Torres Carrera that we see between Saudi Arabia and Arab Emirates: Chinese works are looking to unite the territory with huge bridges either impossible tunnels. Within that ambition are channels such as Pinglu that They look take the sea to the interior cities. And everything is part of China’s strategy to master the world market. Pinglu channel. After years of planning, in 2023 the works of this channel located in the Guangxi region began that will connect the Yu interior river with the Gulf of Tonkin, located in the controversial and transcendental sea of ​​southern China. It will be key to the transport of goods, since the channel will save 560 kilometers away that must be traveled by roads. The channel is expected to be able to start moving merchandise in December of 2026 and the cost of the project points to be about 9.3 billion euros. And all the figures surrounding the project are rimbombantes. Colossal. Pinglu’s is the First big channel built in China from the Foundation of the Popular Republic and talk about channels such as Panamaa vital point for worldwide tradeeither The future Sena-NorteIt implies talking about elements that are authentic wonders of hydraulic engineering, as well as capital importance in globalization. He Pinglu channel It will be ambitious in the length that will cover, 134 kilometers, but also for its role in China’s strategy. Ships with up to 5,000 tons of dead weight and dimensions of 90 meters of length, 15.8 manga and five draft are expected. Your system will be based in two locks 300 meters long and 34 wide that will allow to exceed unevenness up to 65 meters. Beyond saving the unevenness, these locks are being built so that they operate quickly, opening and closing in a short time to expedite the paths. Mass work in record time. Of those 134 kilometers long, just 6.5 kilometers are new, but for the rest they have had to adapt the rivers to accommodate the ships. To do this, more than 50 million cubic meters of material have been moved and the total excavation is expected to be more than 339 million cubic meters. This is more than three times the volume of the Monumental dam of the three throats. Beyond the technology that the locks are being equipped, a concrete mixture designed for Resist marine water erosion For more than 100 years, minimizing maintenance. And if it begins to operate in 2026, as planned, there will barely seven years since the firm approach of the work began and three since it began to be built. Controversies. Moving that amount of land and doing it in certain areas close to the rivers has a problem: the ecosystem of some species may be endangered. Environmental concerns revolve around this, since the works are carried out very close to mangroves, which could be seen affected for the works. Strategic trade. However, 5,000 -ton ships are considerably smaller than others that cross the Panama Canal and that of Suez (which can exceed 65,000 tons), but the idea is that these ships arrive from the interior areas to the marine ports and, from there, follow their destination as part of the great dream of Xi Jinping: the New Silk Route. Because the Pinglu channel is closely linked to this new commercial corridor and connect the western interior and southwest China with international markets is a very important part of this strategy of the country to strengthen and diversify the export and import routes of the country to the rest of Asia, Africa and above all, Europe. Hopes. Apart from that improvement in the commercial connection, China expects the pinglu channel Reduce transport costs. A ship is considerably cheaper than other media such as trucks, trains and airplanes, so they expect saving of about 725 million dollars annually. In addition, it will contribute to decongesting traffic in the region, a problem that the country suffers in its most industrial areas. In addition, although the project is mainly for transport, wait to bring improvements in water management for irrigation, but also serve as a measure of avoiding floods in the area. Beyond pinglu. As dizziness that are their figures and the short deadlines that they handle to lift pharaonic works, Pinglu’s is just one more piece in the China Geopolitical and Commercial Board. Because the country has plans for other international corridors, such as Kra in Thailand to avoid the Malaca Strait, which is another key point of the new silk route, but also more modest interior channels. For example, that of Zhejiang-Jiangxi-Guangdong, that of Jinghan or Xianggui to unite on these river highways interior regions and promote trade, as well as industries such as steel while reduce contamination of conventional road transport. And it is all of an ambitious strategy of China for promoting trade inside and outside its region and, therefore, with the objective of increase its importance in the market and global policy. Images | Guangxi Zhuang Transportation Department In Xataka | China has been building a megapuerto in Peru for eight years. It has just been released to revolutionize South America

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