Villa Vizcaya

The Villa Vizcaya is a castle-like building in the style of a northern Italian villa of the Renaissance. It is in Coconut Grove, Florida and was 1914-16 as a winter residence for the industrialist James Deering ( 1859-1925 ), the son of William Deering, built,

History

On the original 72.8 acres of landscaped grounds, in 1916, completed the main house was built initially by the architect F. Burrall Hoffman Jr., for the interior is filled with antique Deering to let the artist Paul Chalfin advice. The floor plan is oriented in its double symmetry axis of Andrea Palladio and is centered around a glass suspicions Patio, composed of four corner pavilions and connecting wings with porticoes. The property has 70 salons and bedrooms, with European furniture in various styles, such as are in the Empire style, equipped.

The name comes from the Vizcaya Basque and means " sublime place ." The design of gardens lasted until well into the 1920s. For them, the landscape architect Diego Suarez was responsible.

The Villa Vizcaya was the winter residence of Deering, who lived from 1916 until his death in 1925. In 1945, his heirs donated a portion of the gardens to the Diocese of St. Augustine (Florida ) and at a hospital. The main building was sold to the Miami -Dade County and is open to the public as Dade County Art Museum since 1953. Vizcaya Museum and Gardens today comprises 20 hectares total. It came in September 1987 on the meeting between Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II The Villa Vizcaya also served as the location for numerous films.

April 19, 1994, Villa Vizcaya, a National Historic Landmark. By Hurricanes Katrina and Wilma garden and cellar of the villa have been damaged.

Gallery

Vizcaya and Gardens

Vizcaya from the south

View of Miami

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