The castle ruins
French style, 1888.
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Castillo San Carlos is the ruin of a French-style mansion on a hill above the Uruguay river in Concordia, built in 1888 by a French businessman with materials shipped from Europe; his family lived there only a few years before leaving it, and it stood empty, wrapped in stories. In 1929 Antoine de Saint-Exupéry, then a French airmail pilot and later author of «The Little Prince», visited the castle and befriended the Fuchs Valon family then living there; the friendship inspired pages of his «Wind, Sand and Stars», and many believe the family's two daughters inspired something of «The Little Prince». A Little Prince statue stands in the park for this reason. The ruins sit in a 98-hectare protected park with trails and river views. It opens daily 09:00-19:00, last castle entry 18:15.
French style, 1888.
For Saint-Exupéry.
The Uruguay river.
Parque San Carlos, five minutes from central Concordia, Entre Ríos
Saint-Exupéry visited in 1929 and befriended the family living there; its two daughters are thought to have inspired part of «The Little Prince».