Newport, Rhode Island 's Bellevue Avenue is dotted with mansions opulent Gilded Age treasure. Signs point to its position on the deserted main street fare and roads, for the glory: The Breakers, Chateau-sur-Mer, the Elms, Green Animals Topiary Garden, Hunter House, Isaac Bell House, Kingscote, Marble House and Rosecliff. A native Rhode Islander who has made his triumphal entry into all of them, there is "The Breakers" my favorite. The largest summer festival of German "cottage" inthe city along the Atlantic coast at the turn of the twentieth century is the most visited attraction in Rhode Island, about 300,000 visitors a year. The palace is open from 9.00 am until 17.00 clock for self-guided tours year-round except Thanksgiving and Christmas. From May 29 of the Children's home will be open daily, along with the stable and carriage house for weekends and holidays. Admission for adults costs $ 19, children 6-17 only $ 5, children under 6 admitted free.
A buildingthis size needs an introduction to a better assessment of the scale, which showed, the Golden Age. This term refers to the process of "browning" dirty trick question agreed to display rich industrialists and financiers such as Cornelius Vanderbilt - in other rich businessman accused of fraud Commons threw a pot to make money. Commodore Cornelius Vanderbilt (1794-1877) founded the family fortune in steamships and the New York Central Railroad,Focal point of industrial development of the country during the late 19th Century. Grandson, Cornelius Vanderbilt II, was chairman and president of the Central Bank New York Railroad system in 1885, and bought a wooden house "The Breakers in Newport during the same year. In 1893 he commissioned architect Richard Morris Hunt, a design of the first wooden chalets framed house destroyed by fire the previous year to replace. Hunt directed an international team of craftsmenCreate a 70-room Italian Renaissance-style building from the 16th century through the palaces of Genoa and Turin inspired.
The Vanderbilts had seven children. His youngest daughter, Gladys, who married Count Laszlo Szechenyi of Hungary, inherited the house after his mother died in 1934. In 1948 they leased the property management for large nonprofit Preservation Society of Newport County for $ 1 a year. The company purchased the Breakers in 1972 to win the final $ 365,000. The agreement with theThe company provides family descendants continue to live on the third floor, not accessible to the public and hidden from the tourists to explore the rooms below.
A preliminary layout of the surf: The Mansion at Ochre Point Avenue, which cost more than $ 7,000,000 for the 1893-1895 construction is to build approximately 65,000 feet of living space. The edge of the estate of 13 acres, with breathtaking views of the Atlantic waves crashing against rocks. It enters theProperties sculpted iron gates that are part of a 12-foot high limestone and iron fence bordering the property for all but the ocean side. By Cornelius Vanderbilt II and set his house fireproof as possible, the building structure consists of steel beams and no wooden parts. The oven is located away from the house. The interior is accented with marble imported from Italy and Africa, and rare woods and mosaics from countries around the world. The library firewas purchased from a French chateau. The Gold Room was built in France, disassembled, shipped and reassembled in sealed cases in Newport in. The bathrooms have hot and cold taps for fresh and saltwater.
The Breakers is the largest of the Newport summer "cottage" - Jewel of the Golden Age. Open to visitors throughout the year, make this 70 room Italian Renaissance palace, one for the opulence of high society at the end of steptwentieth century. Slip comfortably in your headphones and a tour of this beautiful villa just a bygone era.
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