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News of castles, mansions, palaces and more… |
April 25th, 2016
It’s a historic moment for Dior as the label delves deep into their rich heritage.
Photograph: Parfums Christian Dior
If you watched Dior and I (if not, where have you been?) you’ll almost certainly remember the scene where Raf visits Christian Dior’s idyllic, pastel coloured childhood home in Granville, Normandy. Well, now there’s another important and breathtakingly beautiful location for true Monsieur Dior heads to know about: La Château de … (View original article)
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Once upon a mountain, a security-conscious king built a magnificent castle where his five beautiful daughters could live in peace and privacy.
He even gave each princess a bedroom with no access to the terrace, to thwart secret suitors.
That’s the story — slightly tweaked — of a secluded estate in the upper Sonoran Desert, according to listing agent Preston Westmoreland of Russ Lyon Sotheby’s International Realty in Scottsdale, Ariz.
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ESCToday in collaboration with the City of Stockholm will be bringing you a series of articles leading up to the 2016 Eurovision Song Contest in order to showcase and introduce the 2016 Eurovision host city Stockholm to our readers. Today we will have a look at the magnificent Royal Palace in Stockholm with its royal splendour and historical grandeur.
Stockholm’s Royal Palace- (photo credit: Henrik Trygg)Stockholm’s Royal Palace is amongst the cities most visited sights attracting bot… (View original article)
Five years after a lone right-wing terrorist drove a bomb-laden van right up to the entrance of Norway’s government headquarters, with devastating results, the Royal Palace in Oslo remains vulnerable to such an attack. Security experts are sounding alarms over an alleged lack of security at the historic home of King Harald and Queen Sonja in the heart of the capital.
It’s still entirely possible to drive right up to Norway’s Royal Palace in the heart of Oslo, and a mentally unstab… (View original article)
Post-restoration interior of Juanqinzhai (2008) (photo by Si Bing/Palace Museum)
I visited the Forbidden City in Beijing this past November, and it felt endless. Courtyard after courtyard led to one stunning peaked structure after the next, with decorative rock formations and quiet corridors running along the sides of the walled complex. It was also mobbed with people — huge groups of tourists moving in packs while wearing color-coordinated hats — so that even the most obsc… (View original article)
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Just north of the Chicago city limits, along the North Shore of Lake Michigan, are a slew of historic mansions, with the glittering shoreline practically in their backyards.
One of the most historic is this Georgian-style mansion in Glencoe, built in 1936 for former Pabst Brewing Co. President Harris Perlstein and designed by legendary architect William Pereira.
The eight-bedroom, 12-bathroom house—spanning 14,364 square feet and sitting on 2 acres—wa… (View original article)
Perfect for the ultimate Prince fan.
An opulent Bridle Path mansion in northern Toronto formerly owned by Prince is on the market for the cool price of $12,788,000.
The iconic pop star died Thursday at the age of 57 at his home in Minneapolis, Minn. The cause of death is not yet known.
Prince was a long-time resident of Toronto, a city he called “a melting pot in every sense of the word.”
In 2001, Prince married Torontonian Manuela Testolini, and reportedly … (View original article)
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05:55 EST, 22 April 2016
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07:16 EST, 22 April 2016
A stubborn farmer who battled for almost a decade to keep his illegal mock Tudor castle has finally started demolishing his beloved million-pound home.
Robert Fidler, 67, conceded a nine-year legal battle and began tearing down the illegal mock Tudor house last month and the demolition has revealed the innards of the grand building.
He was ordered to tear down the £1 million castle after … (View original article)
