Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

Vizcaya Museum & Gardens

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The Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, previously known as Villa Vizcaya, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering, of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune, on Biscayne Bay in the present-day Coconut Grove neighborhood of Miami, Florida. The early 20th-century Vizcaya estate also includes extensive Italian Renaissance gardens, native woodland landscape, and a historic village outbuildings compound.

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Miami’s number one attraction is a surreal Italian Renaissance-style villa in the middle of lush, laid-back Coconut Grove. Its meticulously landscaped gardens, sprawling bayfront terrace and, well, the house itself, make up a total of 43 acres. Vizcaya makes for the most fetching photo backdrop in the city (just ask the quinceañeras and brides roaming about) and its inimitable collection of European antiques and decorative works from the 16th to 19th centuries is truly breathtaking.
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Previously known as Villa Vizcaya, the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering of the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune. The estate includes: extensive Italian Renaissance gardens, native woodland landscapes, and historic village outbuildings. Miami-Dade County owns the Vizcaya property which is now known as the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens. It is open to the public and it's served by the Vizcaya Station of the Miami Metrorail.
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If you want to see something that is 'very Miami', this is it – lush, big and over the top, a patchwork of all that a rich US businessman might want to show off to his friends. Which is essentially what industrialist James Deering did in 1916, starting a Miami tradition of making a ton of money and building ridiculously grandiose digs. He employed 1000 people (then 10% of the local population) and stuffed his home with Renaissance furniture, tapestries, paintings and decorative arts.
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10AM: Walk in the grounds of the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens to marvel at this 100-year-old Renaissance-style villa and its romantic setting. Built as the winter estate of millionaire John Deering, today it is a National Historic Landmark.
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Modeled after grand 18th-century Venetian villas, Vizcaya was built between 1914 and 1922 as the private waterfront estate of millionaire industrialist James Deering. Today you can tour these formal gardens and be transported to Versailles, or visit the main house where Vizcaya's exquisitely styled rooms will take you to Italy — Milan in the Music Room, Palermo at reception and Venice throughout the bedrooms.
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