Frida Kahlo (her with the monobrow) is one of Mexico's most famous citizens, and the area of Mexico City in which she lived - Coyoacán - is dotted with various houses, studios and parks named after her. The most well known and well visited of these is the Casa Azul, or the Blue House. I have been here twice and, in true random style, also taught a class on the place since one of my (UK published) EFL text books has a reading exercise on it. FRIDA KAHLO The Casa Azul is the house where Frida Kahlo was born and lived most of her life, acquiring it from her parents. She was a Mexican painter ...
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