Cano's Castle - Beer Can Folk Art - Antonito, CO - Roadside Attractions on Waymarking.com

Scrap aluminum gives the castle its dazzle: wire, hubcaps, grills, screen doors, window casements. Bicycle reflectors add notes of color. Countless beer cans, carefully cut apart, predominate. The tops and bottoms are nailed to the walls in repeating patterns; the middles have been turned inside-out and hammered flat to create aluminum siding.

Excerpt from RoadsideAmerica.com [visit link]

"Cano" Espinoza began this project in 1981. Using old beer cans, hubcaps and other pieces of junk, Cano constructed a multi-story castle with a message. He calls it "Jesus' Castle" and started the project as a hobby after seeing an increase in drug and alcohol use in the area. Still a work-in-progress, Cano is continually adding to the structure which features two large towers and a three story "house" containing over a million cans, tires and hubcaps.

The castle is not occupied. Rather it is dedicated to God and preaches the evils of alcohol and tobacco. Cano himself resides nearby in a small shack living mostly off the land. He leads a very private life and rarely speaks to strangers but welcomes visitors to come see his creation.

Source: "Cano's Castle of Junk," KUSA-TV, RoadsideAmerica.com

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