Hever Castle 11 June 2013 Hever Castle 11 June 2013 0 6965 Hever Castle The childhood home of Anne Boleyn.Hever Castle is located in the village of Hever, Kent, near Edenbridge, 30 miles south-east of London, England. It began as a country house, built in the 13th century. From 1462 to 1539 it was the seat of the Boleyn, originally 'Bullen', family.
Hearst Castle 02 May 2013 Hearst Castle 02 May 2013 0 6868 Hearst Castle It was designed by architect Julia Morgan between 1919 and 1947[3] for newspaper magnate William Randolph Hearst, who died in 1951. In 1957, the Hearst Corporation donated the property to the state of California.Since that time it has been maintained as a state historic park where the estate, and its considerable collection of art and antiques, is open for public tours. Despite its location far from any urban center, the site attracts about one million visitors per year.Hearst formally name
Bamburgh Castle 25 March 2013 Bamburgh Castle 25 March 2013 0 8264 Bamburgh Castle Spanning nine acres of land on its rocky plateau high above the Northumberland coastline Bamburgh is one of the largest inhabited castles in the country.
Parco dei Mostri (Park of the Monsters) 23 March 2013 Parco dei Mostri (Park of the Monsters) 23 March 2013 0 7042 Parco dei Mostri (Park of the Monsters) The Park of the Monsters (Parco dei Mostri in Italian-language), also named Garden of Bomarzo, is a Manieristic monumental complex located in Bomarzo, in the province of Viterbo, in northern Lazio, Italy.The gardens were created during the 16th century.[1] They are composed of a wooded park, located at the bottom of a valley where the castle of Orsini was erected, and populated by sculptures and small buildings divided among of the natural vegetation.
Huntington Library 12 March 2013 Huntington Library 12 March 2013 0 8287 Huntington Library The Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens (or The Huntington) is a collections-based educational and research institution established by Henry E. Huntington and located in San Marino, California, in the United States. In addition to the library, the institution houses an extensive art collection with a focus in 18th- and 19th-century European art and 17th- to mid-20th-century American art. The property also includes approximately 120 acres of specialized botanical gardens, mo