Located in Miami Florida

Vizcaya was built in the 1910's, a decade in which Gilded Age cultural
standards were enlivened by the irreverent spirit of the dawning Jazz Age.

It also introduces visitors to Miami’s place in this history—a time when
America’s wealthiest industrialists created lavish homes inspired by the
palaces of Europe.

No occupation is so
delightful to me as the
culture of the earth, no
culture comparable to
that of the garden ...
But though an old man, I
am but a young gardener.

-   Thomas Jefferson,
Garden Book, 1811
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Sometimes referred to as the "Hearst Castle of the East", this magnificent
villa is a place that can transport you in to your wildest dreams.
An exquisite Italian Renaissance villa and formal gardens that is furnished with
priceless European art and antiques, and grounds landscaped in Italian
Baroque fashion;

Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is an Italian Renaissance-style villa built in
1916 as the winter residence of industrialist James Deering.

The house has 34 rooms of 15th through 19th-century antique furnishings
and decorative arts.

The grounds include over 10 acres of formal gardens and fountains.
The grounds are filled with walking paths, fountains & secret garden rooms.
This Courtyard only wets your appetite for what you will see as you spend the
day in this magical place.  The sun and the sea breeze kiss your face for hours
as you stroll & explore.
Two enormous arms wrap around  the seaside courtyard.  

One arm extends out to a tea room, the other to a private viewing area where
manatees play and whales pass by.
The
Tea
Room
And the view from
inside the tea room.
Like so many things, words can only go so far to describe to you the beauty of
the experience of Vizcaya.  

Even as you approach, you know there is something pleasant & mysterious
about this place.  You walk through a hot, humid jungle trail and emerge in to
perfectly calculated elegance and soft sea breezes.
Below is the movie
they made from
the book above.
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