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Site visit to: The Newport Mansions, summer houses of America's richest families.

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Bellevvue Avenue, Providence, Massachusetts, USA

The Gilded Age 1892-1902

Marble House, The Breakers, The Elms, Rosecliff

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Marble House 1892

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William Vanderbilt built the summer retreat Marble House for his wife Alva for her 39th birthday. Built with 14158  cubic metres of marble. Architect: Richard Morris Hunt

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The Breakers 1895

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The grandest of the Newport summer houses. Built by Cornelius Vanderbuilt II, from one of the richest families in the world. Features a central atrium, snooker room and marble bath with hot & cold sea water from the ocean.  Architect: Richard Morris Hunt

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The Elms 1901

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Modelled after a 18th century French chateau.  Architect: Horace Trumbauer

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Rosecliff 1902

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Modelled after the Grand Trianon, the garden retreat of French kings at Versailles. Architect: Stanford White

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