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...But Alisal has been operating on 10,500 acres in the gorgeous rolling hills north-west of Santa Barbara since 1946, when it opened to just 30 guests for the summer....
...For the medieval baron, whose castle was both home and fortification, mastery of all he surveyed was critical to survival....
...Retro-futurist fans might also consider looking to Beverly Hills, where a $20mn 1960s bungalow has been radically transformed....
...The costs of the faux-castle proved unsustainable for Pellatt, and it has been a financial albatross ever since....
...There are space-, safari-, castle-, underwater-, treetop- and space-themed suites for the tots....
...Jemima KellyTony Marini is a senior therapist at Castle Craig, a rehab centre nestled away in an old country house in southern Scotland....
...The painter Alvaro Casanova built a castle with a drawbridge and turrets, which fired a cannon every day at noon. The spirit of innovation continues....
...Houses and castles with broad wet moats are concentrated in lowland areas across Europe, such as the castles of Mantua in Italy and Malmö in Sweden, or at coastal fortresses such as Ceuta, the Spanish enclave...
...“That’s your home, your retreat, you’re the king of that castle. Then some bloke in a shiny suit comes along and says, ‘You know, I don’t think you’ve done quite as well as you think you’ve done.’...
...Money is flooding in, for example, to build fancy student housing near the University of Arizona campus and high-end homes in the hills north of the city....
...Ed Sheeran came under fire last year after a fan cover of his song, “Castle On The Hill”, was removed because Warner, his record label, does not have a licensing deal with the company....
...He ended at the Fountain estate — a tiny, fenced-in loyalist enclave below the walls with a defiant “No Surrender” mural at its entrance....
...Not only is it the literal guardian of our past (it oversees the conservation of more than 500 castles and stately homes), it is also powerfully entwined in our own family histories....
...The home’s architect was Julia Morgan, who designed hundreds of buildings in California, including Hearst Castle in San Simeon....
...… Our next stop was San Simeon campground, not far from William Randolph Hearst’s Xanadu-esque Hearst Castle....
...For so long, it felt like we had been pushing that rock up the hill, trying to do the impossible. There were plenty of moments when the future of Pixar was in doubt....
...Built into the hill in a series of tiered terraces, the entire rectangular layout can be seen from the original entrance at the bottom of the slope....
...The region also has a dense tapestry of history, ranging from medieval castles to industrial landmarks and ancient breweries....
...Raj Rajaratnam, founder of the Galleon hedge fund, and Danielle Chiesi – a portfolio manager at New Castle Funds LLC — have been indicted on charges related to the US government’s sweeping investigation...
...The company is also assessing the viability of employing large prefabricated sections for a scheme it is working on in Primrose Hill, north London....
...Slightly more crowded but equally charming is Castiglione della Pescaglia, an old medieval town with a 15th-century castle nestled among its large sandy beaches, green hills and thick pine forest....
...It is the outside elements – a stone castle with a turret built as a children’s playground, a front lawn larger than a football field – that other park residents talk about as well....
...Neville Hill, an economist at CSFB, said: “This seems to be a sustained campaign, which raises the risks that there will be a more sustained response from consumers....
...And with most colleagues at Chrysler's Auburn Hills headquarters agreeing that he had a big hand in the carmaker's recent revival, he would be a quite a catch....
...And with most colleagues at Chrysler's Auburn Hills headquarters agreeing that he had a big hand in the company's recent revival, he would be an asset to any carmaker....
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