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Doge’s Palace in Venice was evacuated due to a bombscare on Thursday. Photo: Gaspa
Two small packages wrapped in rags sparked a bomb scare on Thursday morning, causing one of Venice’s most popular tourist attractions to be evacuated.
Security staff inside Doge’s Palace discovered two strange, tennis ball-sized packages lying on a grid in the building’s internal courtyard early on Thursday morning.
With Italy on high alert following Tuesday’s terror attacks in Br… (View original article)
Syrian government troops walk inside the Kweiras air base on Wednesday, November 11, after they broke a siege imposed by ISIS militants.
An explosion rocks Kobani, Syria, during a reported car bomb attack by ISIS militants on Tuesday, October 20.
Shiite fighters, fighting alongside Iraqi government forces, fire a rocket at ISIS militants as they advance toward the center of Baiji, Iraq, on Monday, October 1… (View original article)
Ireland is a wonderfully scenic part of the world and this video just proves that once again.
Videographer Gleb Maguire sent us this stunning video of Lough Oughter in Cavan highlighting Cloughoughter Castle.
The video shows the unusual location of the ruined castle standing on a small island surrounded by a flooded drumlin landscape.
If you pause the video, it’s almost like a painting. We think it’s pretty impressive.
Thanks to Gleb for sending us the video…. (View original article)
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Highcliffe Castle, built in the 1830s by Lord Stuart de Rothesay, was mostly destroyed by a fire in the 1950s
Plans to repair a derelict wing at a cliff-top mansion in Dorset have been boosted by £2,829,700 of Heritage Lottery Funding.
The grant will see the Penleaze Wing at Highcliffe Castle, near Christchurch restored and reopened to the public.
The work is one of the final stages to repair the whole of the Grade … (View original article)
One of my daydreams has always been to own a castle on the Emerald Isle. Being lord of the manor would be a good look for me.
Decked out in my tweed cap and waxed Burberry coat and with my golden lab Seamus by my side, I’d spend my days puttering around the estate, taking a little time to fly fish for the fat brown trout in the local lough and then playing a quick nine on my private golf course, which would climb and curl through the impossibly green count… (View original article)
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When the dilapidated Playboy mansion was put on sale in January for a purported $200 million, the natural question was: What’s the Playboy mansion without Hef? That query was quickly answered when we all learned that the bathrobe-clad 89-year-old tenant was an essential part of the deal. But now that the entire crumbling Playboy empire has been placed on the selling block, a new question bubbles to the grotto surface:
What’s the Pl… (View original article)
Palatial pad will be world’s most expensive house when completed, writes John Breslin
An Irishman, who admits he is not a licenced architect in the US, has been revealed as the designer of a mega mansion the developer wants to sell for a staggering $500m (€448m).
Dubliner Paul McClean is the designer behind the 104,000 sq ft mansion in Los Angeles that, if the developer reaches even close to his asking price, will make it by far the most expensive house in the world.
British Army soldiers completed a 512 mile walk around the North of England – crossing the finishing line at Scarborough Castle.
Troops from Corunna Company, 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment, walked through every National Park and Area of Outstanding Beauty in the North.
The team of 40 soldiers established the longest unbroken route in the North – and hope it will become a nationally recognised trail akin to the Pennine Way.
The expedition, dubbed the Gr… (View original article)
HOLLYWOOD, LOS ANGELES (KABC) —
The Wattles Mansion in Hollywood underwent a Cinderella makeover as a designer showcase house. To display the new renovations, tickets for a tour of the home will be available from Friday through April 17.The City of L.A. Recreation and Parks Department purchased the property in the mid 60s and the mansion is available for private events like weddings.
Though the acres of parkland are open, this is the first time the mansion has been op… (View original article)
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Do you think you can beat Mike Tyson? Fat chance, but you can own the champ’s home and be his neighbor—if you’re the lucky buyer of his contemporary mansion in Henderson, NV.
Listed at $1.5 million, the 5,804-square-foot home was on the market for only a day before receiving an offer. The home’s already in escrow, according to listing agent Kenneth Lowman.
Such a quick close can only come from a knockout of a home, right?
The former boxer c… (View original article)