Hearst Castle

Murphy66Murphy66 Registered Users Posts: 165 Major grins
edited August 18, 2006 in Journeys
A few people have graced this forum with pix of the Pacific Coast Highway. I did not want to repeat their theme, nor could I match the quality of their shooting so I decided to share with you Hearst Castle in San Simeon, Ca.

It is a sprawling complex of buildings which is actually a recreation of a Tuscan village. It was built between the 1920's and 1950's by William Randolph Hearst, a newspaper publishing and entertainment mogul.

To give you an idea of the scope of things, at one time Hearst's ranch was 250 THOUSAND acres along the Pacific coast. At a time when the average American family was making $2,000 per year, he was making $50,000 per DAY.

Hearst loved to travel in Europe and often would buy historic chapels and buildings and have them shipped to his ranch and rebuilt.

It's an amazing tour, in fact it takes four tours to see only a quarter of the buildings and the grounds.
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