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San Simeon's collection of ceremonial objects.
La Cuesta Encantada (the enchanted hill), William Randolph Hearst's Mediterranean style estate in San Simeon, California (see Pl. IV), provides a dramatic setting for a wide-ranging collection of architectural antiques and fine and decorative arts. Although the public has long called the place "Hearst Castle," a name derived from its romantic hilltop site, the complex is nothing like a fortress in purpose or mood. Hearst's architect, Julia Morgan, collaborated with her client from 1919 to 1947 to create a group of buildings whose exteriors emulate those of a southern European hill town, and whose interiors echo the American country house tradition.
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- Newspaper article from: The Cincinnati Post (Cincinnati, OH) Bird, Rick March 19, 2001 700+ words
...supposedly mocking the real-life San Simeon castle that Hearst built in California. ''Secrets of San Simeon,'' a two-part documentary...what the movie suggested. Hearst's San Simeon was not the forbidding Xanadu...
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- Magazine article from: Town & Country Freund, Anthony Barzilay February 1, 2006 700+ words
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- Magazine article from: Los Angeles Magazine Davis, Sally Ogle February 1, 1995 700+ words
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News December 23, 2003 700+ words
...Business News Dec. 23--SAN SIMEON, Calif.--Julia Morgan...magnate William Randolph Hearst commissioned her to build...wax," created by a Hearst Castle curator. When...most of the tiny town of San Simeon was without power, a...ensured that the lights of Hearst Castle, also ...
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- Magazine article from: Apollo Levkoff, Mary October 1, 2008 700+ words
...popularly known as Hearst Castle, near the village of San Simeon about 250 miles...they see at San Simeon is only a fraction...ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Hearst's fortune...of acres at San Simeon. He also owned...media colossus. Hearst's mother was...
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- Newspaper article from: Knight Ridder/Tribune Business News September 16, 2004 700+ words
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