Hearst Castle, USA 🇺🇸

🍍 General information:

- Location: City of San Simeon, California, United States

- Construction in 1919-1947 (In 2025 this house is 106 years old)

- Style of Home: Spanish Colonial Revival and Mediterranean Revival (Mixed European Style Multi Architecture)

- Landlord (Originator of Building): William Randolph Hearst

- Designer: Julia Morgan, California's first female architect

- The purpose for which it was built: To make it a private resort and luxury vacation property, ready to accommodate VIP guests from Hollywood circles and dignitaries.

- Number of rooms: Total 165 rooms in the main building and guest houses (115 rooms in Casa Grande and 46 rooms in guest houses)

- Total area: It is approximately 127 acres (or approximately 0.514 square kilometres).

🌿 Information for visits:

- Opening time: Open daily at 9 a.m.

- Admission fee: $35 (about 1,2x baht), but must choose a variety of types of tours.

- Website: https://hearstcastle.org

🍇 the focus of this place:

- The owner is William Randolph Hearst. He is one of the most influential figures in the United States media in the late 19th to early 20th centuries. He is a print media mogul, businessman, politician.

- He built this Hearst Castle to meet celebrities.

- Multiple guided tours: such as Grand Rooms, Upstairs Suites, Cottages & Kitchen, Julia Morgan Tour and more, plus short films in the Visitor Center and evening events to watch.

- European Art and Antiquities Collection: William Hearst collects church ceilings, dining halls, medieval churches, various from Europe, richly adorned in the castle.

- It is currently open to the public.

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