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Chateau de Villandry Travel Guide
A Visitor’s Guide to Chateau de Villandry
The last of the large castles chateau built in the Loire Valley during the Renaissance, Château de Villandry was completed in 1536. An ancient fortress known as Colombier formerly occupied the site, with the new chateau constructed around the original keep after the property was acquired by King François I’s Finance Minister, Jean le Breton. It was Le Br… (View original article)
Arrests after derelict Surrey mansion broken into
7:50am Tuesday 17th May 2011
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Six men were arrested after a derelict mansion worth millions of pounds was broken in to.
Surrey Police officers were called to Flagstones in Esher Park Avenue on Thursday, May 5, after reports were made of suspicious activity
taking place inside.
About six police vehicles and a dog unit surrounded t… (View original article)
Tue 17 May 2011
York Mansion House is United by Design
United By Design, based in York, was appointed by the city’s council to rebrand one of the most prestigious properties in its portfolio, the famous York Mansion House.
As well as being the official residence of the Lord Mayor of York, the building is also available for hire by the public and stages a wide variety of events. It is one of only two mayoral houses still in use… (View original article)
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OGDENSBURG — If all goes well, the renovation of the 200-year-old Parish Mansion housing the Frederic Remington Art Museum will be completed by 2013.
“That is my hope,” museum Executive Director Edward A. LaVarnway said, calling the project “a process of discovery” since its beginning in 2007.
Four years ago, the museum hired Crawford & Stearns, a Syracuse architecture firm, to conduct a site study on the Parish Mansion, 303 Washington St., built in 1809.
“I… (View original article)
By Rick Badie
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
The 1842 Inn, an antebellum mansion and carriage house in Macon, exemplifies the architecture of its time with its stately columns and wrap-around veranda.
It wasn’t that way back in 1983. That’s when Mil Hatcher Jr., a Macon native and Atlanta attorney, bought the property. The vacant structure, on College Street in the town’s historic district, had been subdivided into apartments.
“It was ful… (View original article)
Monday, May 16, 2011, by Adrian Glick Kudler
We keep having visions of this Sunset Boulevard mansion after the coming apocalyptic zombie class war, full of filthy refugees warming their hands on burning Louis XVI chairs and gnawing on gold leaf for nourishment. Weird. Anyway, the nine bedroom winner of the Sunset Boulevard construction race (whose enormous neighbor still doesn’t appear to be finished) has just gotten its first chop since going on the open mar… (View original article)
By JAMIE LYNN DROHAN
6 News Reporter
GATLINBURG (WATE) – The multi-million dollar mansion formerly owned by convicted Gatlinburg stockbroker Dennis Bolze has been sold.
The home of Dennis Bolze, a Gatlinburg man who pleaded guilty to masterminding a ponzi scheme, has been auctioned off. The home has an estimated value above 5 million dollars, but did bidders agree?
Roughly 50 potential buyers attended Saturday’s auction for the sprawling… (View original article)
By REBECCA SAVEDOW
Selma Mansion, located at the intersection of Airy and Selma Streets in Norristown, is declared haunted by a paranormal investigation group, P.U.P.S (Pennsylvania Underground Paranormal Society). Rebecca Savedow Staff.
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— The voice of a dead person bellowed out through the audio recorder into the ears of Lisa Terio.She hears these voices all the time. It’s part of her job.
“I’m dead,”… (View original article)
After having been awarded our 5th star in June 2010, Hotel Le Bristol Paris – long-established as one of the leading luxury hotels – has now become the first French hotel to be officially granted ‘Palace’ status, at a ceremony held recently at the Pavilion Gabriel, in Paris. Frederic Lefebvre, Secretary of State for Trade, Crafts, Small Businesses, Tourism, Services, Liberal Professions and Consumption, presented the first ‘Palace’ plate personally, to Didier Le Ca… (View original article)
