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...In Homer’s “Iliad”, a prominent oak tree stands near the city of Troy by which gods and goddesses meet and discuss their partisan attitude to the city....
...So, on this theory, Hoare devised his entire landscape as a “new Troy”, a place where, like Virgil’s Aeneas, he put down new family roots. Having tested this theory on site, I think it is wrong....
...Built in 1846, the red-brick home measures 4,320 sq ft and offers pine flooring, a heated pool and four bathrooms....
...The Greek revival home was originally built in 1838 and has four fireplaces, original pine floors and antique light fixtures....
...One enters along an imperceptibly rising clipped hedge that leads to a small gravel garden punctuated by artfully pruned pine trees....
...Double glass doors open on to a cedar wood porch that leads to aluminium dining chairs and a table surrounded by stone paving and thick pine trees....
...Island communities such as Big Pine Key and Marathon attract wealthy holiday-home buyers with an appetite for water sports including snorkelling and scuba diving....
...A grand piano dominates the sitting room from which Palladian windows look on to freshly trimmed shrubs and pine trees....
...“The hiking and biking trails keep the mountains as busy in summer as skiing does in winter,” says Jane Hoffman, an estate agent with Coldwell Banker in Kelowna, a smart little city surrounded by pine forest...
...The former Sotheby’s consultant took possession of the ochre villa — surrounded by maritime pines and an exotic garden of cacti, palms and orange bird-of-paradise flowers — in 2008 when he was appointed...
...The two-storey home measures 3,400 sq ft with 12ft-high ceilings and new pine wood flooring. The property also includes a garden with a large brick patio and fountain....
...A three-bedroom waterfront residence in Fire Island Pines is being listed for $3.95m....
...Its wide plank pine flooring and oak timber beams were moved there in the 1980s after being meticulously disassembled and shipped across the Atlantic....
...A nine-bedroom, 11,000 sq ft home in White Pine Canyon, a gated community of 4,600 acres west of Park City, is listed for sale by Prudential Utah Real Estate for $13.9m....
...Behind the fortress walls, walking among the ruins – and the ruins are just foundations – everything was so quiet that I could hear squirrels cracking pine cones....
...Upscale manufacturers such as Italy’s Schiffini and Germany’s Poggenpohl are replacing steel and polished granite with warmer colours and softer materials such as oiled oak and natural pine....
...It’s a tough day’s hike up Fengari mountain, 1,600m above sea level, but on a clear day the view reaches the coast of Turkey and even ancient Troy....
...– after the superior variety they developed from Kydonia in Crete – witness the “golden apple” (almost certainly a quince) Paris presented to Aphrodite, the goddess of love, that led to the downfall of Troy...
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