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Thursday, March 26, 2009

Hearst Castle


"Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California"
Here's the main castle. The Hearst Castle facade is patterned after a Spanish cathedral. The bells on top were a nice touch.

Hearst Castle featured 56 bedrooms, 61 bathrooms, 19 sitting rooms, 127 acres of gardens, indoor and outdoor swimming pools, tennis courts, a movie theater, an airfield, and the world's largest private zoo. The total square footage of the castles on the estate exceeds 90,000 square feet

Invitations to Hearst Castle were highly coveted during its heyday in the 1920s and '30s. Charlie Chaplin, Cary Grant, the Marx Brothers, Charles Lindbergh, Joan Crawford, Clark Gable, James Stewart, Bob Hope, Calvin Coolidge, Franklin Roosevelt, and Winston Churchill were among Hearst's A-list guests. LINK

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