Villa Julita

[1] Currently in good condition and located at its original site, it was designed by architect Alfredo Wiechers Pieretti and built by Salvador Lando, in 1915, for the Vendrell-Suárez family.

Villa Julita is a mansion built of wood with some of its facade in concrete: the colonnade, the stairway and the balustrade.

These elements give it a neoclassical look to what is a Creole style structure, following in the tradition of haciendas and summer houses of the time.

The Mennonites are responsible for introducing modern methods for the mass production of fruits and plants, as well as artificial insemination techniques for livestock.

Villa Julita maintains its elegance and serves as a testimony to a time when Aibonito was a favorite summer holiday for well-to-do families.