Castello di Amorosa
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Castello di Amorosa was constructed to transport oenophiles in California’s Napa Valley to another world. In the 1980s, vintner Dario Sattui didn’t want to simply start another winery. Instead, he sought to showcase his Italian-style wines in a setting that was true to medieval Italian architecture (right down to the moat, drawbridge, and replica torture chamber)–and absolutely stunning. Clearly, he succeeded.
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OHEKA Castle
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With 127 rooms stretched across a 109,000-square-foot floor plan, OHEKA was one of the largest private residences ever built in America. Constructed between 1917 and 1919 for investment banker Otto Hermann Kahn, OHEKA cost about $11 million dollars ($110 million today) to erect. Eventually–following transfer of ownership to Eastern Military Academy and a period of abandonment and disrepair–the castle was transformed into a ritzy hotel.
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