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MAISON DE JULES VERNE, AMIENS
You can see the annotated map which Jules Verne used while writing Around the
World in 80 Days in the house where he lived and worked from 1882 to 1900.
The nine rooms include the study where he wrote Twenty Thousand Leagues Under
the Sea and the attic where models of the flying machines imagined in his
books are displayed.
Items related to his books, some of them exclusive, are on sale in the museum
shop (2 rue Charles-… (View original article)
This lavish mansion is located in Gorki-2 on Rublevo-Uspenskoe highway in Moscow, Russia. Included in the purchase of this home is a brand new Rolls-Royce Ghost! The 14,000 square foot home was completed in 2006 and boasts an elevator, formal living and dining rooms, kitchen, office, 6 bedrooms, home theater, dance floor, sauna, indoor swimming pool, detached garage and more. It is listed at $35,000,000.
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Tags: indoor pool, Russia
Th… (View original article)
‘Festival of peace in what are troubled times’: 60,000 pilgrims attend biggest Hindu festival outside India at Watford house donated by George Harrison
By
Daily Mail Reporter
Last updated at 9:21 AM on 22nd August 2011
More than 60,000 pilgrims attended a festival in Hertfordshire yesterday to celebrate the birthday of Krishna making it the largest Hindu gathering to have taken place outside India.
The worshippers gathered at Bhakti… (View original article)
Laura Daugherty realizes that history is not for everyone. This is why she donates three hours of her time on recent Sundays to be at Pottsgrove Manor, put on a colonial dress and teach visitors how to churn butter and manage an 18th century kitchen.
“I’ll admit I hated history in high school,” Daugherty said. “It was just names and dates and elections. With living history, it’s about people; you really get a connection.”
Held every August,… (View original article)
He laughs ruefully, but he’s plainly relishing the considerable challenges of
running a country-house hotel these days, gathering a sympathetic team
around him and making the necessary investment. Slowly, it is blossoming.
Half of the 18 bedrooms have been refurbished in timeless, elegant style with
spanking new bathrooms; the rest are old fashioned but spacious and more
affordable.
In each room you’ll find a framed snippet of information about some aspect of
l… (View original article)
Paris is a hotspot for tourists from across the world where one not only finds historical monuments and parks and museums but also royal ventures. One such royal manor place is situated in the Île-de-France region of France and is called the Palace of Versailles or famously known as Château de Versailles. With great piece of architecture and brilliant interior designing, a visit to this place is worth every penny.
Originally a hunting lodge, it was built in 1624, many g… (View original article)
There’s nothing more appropriate than jerky to fuel a trip back
in time and down the Mississippi River.
For the 10,000 years or so that people have lived in the hills,
valleys and prairies along the river, animal flesh, dried and
preserved in the smoke of a slow fire, has been a staple sustenance
– right down to the salty, cello-wrapped shoe leather that tempts
travelers at the convenience store counter.
This time though, it’s something to pass up when yo… (View original article)
Zell Mansion
The Zell Mansion on Sea Island has been reduced nearly half of the original asking price.
Features include an elevator, plaster ceilings, mirror imaged marble floors, a massive marble fireplace & solid marble columns’ which line the grand entry.
The large dining room has mahogany floors with inlaid oak and a Waterford crystal chandelier.
The kitchen has new appliances and cabinetry, a wet bar, hand cut St. Joe brick flooring and… (View original article)
This opulent mansion is located in a guard gated community in Nikolina Gora, Moscow, Russia. It boasts 11,000 square feet of living space with 4 bedrooms, music room, living and dining rooms, kitchen, office, library, recreation room, sauna, gym, home theater, wine cellar, indoor swimming pool, 4-car garage and more. It is listed at $12,500,000.
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Tags: gym, home theater, indoor pool, Russia, wine cellar
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Last week we reported that Orange County billionaire George Argyros was building a 16,000-square-foot mansion on the shores of Harbor Island overlooking Newport Harbor’s main channel.
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We learned later that county records show he paid $15.5 million for the lot next door to one he already owned — or $200 to $566 more per square foot than neighbors paid for Harbor Island land.
The consolidation of the two lots paved the way the mansion’… (View original article)