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The first time we saw Can Monroig It was in 2002, I think I remember that it was a June day around three in the afternoon; Robert and I had met up in Inca with Sebastián Mora, the owner of a house that was for sale in the city. We had walked from the centre of…

Canadian photographer Patrick Parenteau, his wife Christine and the photographer and art critic Brigitte Lucke shared a few hours of music and painting with us at #es_solo_pintura. A creative experiment where musicians and painters interact and improvise. From Canada, Patrick sent us the photos he was taking that day of all the…

"Four generations of women living together in the same house" STATEMENT: I don't like impersonal houses and I can't imagine people living in prefabricated houses, houses from catalogues or falsely minimalist houses. Although I like many of the ones that appear in magazines, I don't really believe them; so much design, so much…

"To have in this uncertain world some refuge which cannot be destroyed is of the first importance" Mary Wollstonecraft. Thoughts on the Education of Daughters (1787) Living in a house as big as Can Monroig is not complicated, but I confess that it can be a little lonely; and when you stop giving concerts,…

Marie-Noëlle Ginard and Robert López Hinton by Gabriel Ramon. In the early nineties Robert and I lived on San Felio Street in Palma, we had met on an advertising photography course, we often walked past Gabriel Ramon's studio in San Jaime and we always stopped to contemplate...

Workshop of introduction to archeology in Can Monroig, Inca, Mallorca. The archaeologist Jorge Argüello Menéndez will conduct a practical and theoretical course on the days 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10th of July 2015 at Can Monroig. The study will focus on the kiln and well situated at the entrance of the house located in…

The house of Can Monroig Can Monroig is situated at 22 carrer de Can Valella and has also been known as Can Móra. This building is located in the Inca's Jewish neighborhood which was formed within Sant Francesc, Virtud, Can Valella, Pare Cerdà, Call streets. The current two-floor house is dated from…

I could start with "When Robert met Noëlle" or "When Noëlle met Robert"... That was in 1992, but I've already told you about it 1993, Marie-Noëlle Es Puig de San Pere, Palma de Mallorca Photo by Robert L. Hinton I was a knitter, Robert came from the world of tourism.…

Can Monroig and the Jewish quarter of Inca The Can Monroig mansion, located at number 22 on Can Valella street, is located in the Jewish quarter of Inca, the Jewish quarter that was made up of the blocks of houses between the streets of Sant Francesc, la Virtud, Can Valella, Pare Cerdà,…

The "underground" of Can Monroig, Video clip taken from the program "La flor y nata" by journalist Esteban Mercer on TV IB3, broadcast in July 2011.

    Marie-Noëlle Ginard and Robert López Hinton in Cameroon In 2012 we travelled to Cameroon to collaborate on a sustainable construction project for two houses using materials such as BTC or rammed earth, earth finishes and decoration inspired by Cameroonian craftsmanship. For a few months we lived in the area…