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Lavish Hearst Estate San Simeon Sets Enchanted Hill Tour
San Simeon California reveals Hearst Castle a vast complex begun in 1919 by William Randolph Hearst. The La Cuesta Enchanted Hill hosts 46 rooms across three guest houses with Greek vases Gothic suites and a 50 seat theatre while La Casa Grande holds 100 rooms and a museum like art collection. The grounds feature Neptune pool atop a Greco Roman temple and interior pools linked by terraced gardens. Architect Julia Morgan designed the interiors to fit the art objects guiding size and position of rooms. Hearst died 1951 and the state now offers tours valuing the project at 30 to 40 million dollars.
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la Cuesta Enecantada
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Hearst's Castle