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...Villa, Cascais, €13mn Where In the Sintra-Cascais Natural Park, to the west of Cascais town. The beach is about 15 minutes’ drive, and Lisbon can be reached in 45 minutes....
...The island is 40 minutes by private launch from volcanic Santorini, where another new hotel, the 37-suite Santo Mine Oia (from £591, santocollection.gr), is expected in April....
...Berlinde de Bruyckere’s City of Refuge III, textural sculptures of fallen angels, tragic yet redemptive, perfectly suits its setting, San Giorgio Maggiore’s chapel and monastery — a refuge of peace....
...In 2021, Pomellato funded the full cost of restoring the funerary monument of Doge Francesco Morosini in the Church of Santo Stefano in Venice, and last year financed the refurbishment of the Epistle Ambo...
...Any luxury resales tend to be off market, says Marta Espirito Santo of Q&P, an associate of Knight Frank....
...The combination of political repression and economic expansion also characterised the reigns of tsars Alexander III and Nicholas II in the late 19th and early 20th centuries when Russia industrialised at...
...New York is smokier, heavier and woody, with Virginian cedarwood, palo santo and black pepper laced with a ripe sweetness of rose....
...“He was charming,” says Santo Domingo of their first meeting. “He spoke with an English accent and had an infectious energy....
...Part of that success was King Charles III’s, too....
...Just south of here is Paradero Todos Santos, co-founded last year by Joshua Kremer, a young Mexican who left an urban investment management career to chase a Baja dream....
...“It was the birthplace of the [late] Duke of Edinburgh [father of King Charles III] and you can go to watch cricket in the Spianada,” he says, referring to Corfu’s elegant large town square, which includes...
...Earlier this year, I travelled to Villa Las Rosas prison in Salta to visit Vera. I waited for him in the prison director’s office....
...Mörel Publishing, €85 Cartagena Grace by Lauren Santo Domingo and Johanna Ortiz Comprising street photography, portraits and landscapes, with accompanying essays by Lauren Santo Domingo, co-founder of...
...He begins a project to build 10 luxury villas worth $20mn each. And, according to the police file, he tried to get Zaha Hadid, the critically acclaimed architect, to design them....
...The main villa has antique Santo Stefano di Camastra ceramic floors and intricately decorated ceilings, and there is an ornamental garden....
...But all the company’s 250 apartments that fill Block III are due to be finished this year, and have long since been snapped up by purchasers....
...(The threat sparked a conservation movement, spearheaded by King Charles III — who has Romanian ancestors....
...grandeur, boldly embossed with the coat of arms of its creator Cardinal Flavio Chigi and stuffed with heirlooms — a baldachin bed, silver ornaments, a bas-relief commemorating a visit by Grand Duke Cosimo III...
...For the design, which Wickstead created with architecture and interiors studio Nenmar, she drew inspiration from Piero Portaluppi, who designed Villa Necchi Campiglio in Milan, and Ludwig Mies van der Rohe...
...From Pinot Blanc to Sangiovese, the varietals deliver quality wines – you can sample them at established producers such as Hacienda La Lomita, Monte Xanic and Santo Tomás (founded in 1888, it’s the oldest...
...“She has created her own visual language that communicates in any context — from an ancient villa to a modernist interior,” Ida says. “She’s never tried to please everyone.”...
...After Irvine alerted the local authority, the dig was handed over to Ulas, the commercial archaeology unit of the University of Leicester, which previously handled the disinterment of King Richard III’s...
...Prince Albert II of Monaco is standing in his palace gardens, contemplating a sweeping vista of the country he has ruled for 17 years since the death of his father, Prince Rainier III....
...I’m a big fan of Jean Cocteau too: I’ve spoken about my love of the artist’s murals at Villa Santo Sospir in the south of France in the past....
...An essential spot for baked treats is the gingerbread-scented store Fábrica Santo António....
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