In 1925, 80,000 annual visits were counted.

In 2012 the place was still receiving about 40,000 visits a year.

Over time the works made of wood disappeared and today the whereabouts of none of them are known.

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The sculptures made on the rocks by the sea also began to deteriorate, losing all their polychromy.

Photo:Infernal Quack/Wikimedia

Photo:Michel Lefrancq/Wikimedia

This article was originally published inLa Brujula Verde.

It has been translated from Spanish and republished with permission.

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