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  VIA Online: Hearst Castle
Hearst was a Harvard dropout with a voracious lust for antiquities.
Hearst's collection of carnivores, including lions, leopards, and polar bears, were kept in separate locked enclosures, but the less dangerous exotics, among them kangaroos and yaks, freely roamed the hills.
Hearst was a true son of the West, and even those who hate much of what he stood for have to admire his exuberance and undying faith in the future.
www.viamagazine.com /top_stories/articles/hearst_castle03.asp   (2107 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
Hearst castle is built by William Randolph Hearst in the fist half of the 1900s.
Hearst street (the street I live on), Hearst mining building, and Hearst gym for women at UC Berkeley are all named after her.
Although the Hearst family has donated the castle to the state government, they still retain part of their land which is still thousands of acres.
www.ocf.berkeley.edu /~dlcc/pictures-Hearst_Castle.html   (749 words)

  
 Hearst San Simeon SHM
Hearst Castle is located on California Highway 1, about halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles.
"Hearst Castle", "Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument", "La Cuesta Encantada" and "The Enchanted Hill" are registered trademarks of Hearst Castle®/California State Parks.
Please be advised, Hearst San Simeon SHP is one of the few California State Parks that does not accept the Annual Day Use Pass.
www.parks.ca.gov /?page_id=591   (695 words)

  
 Hearst Castle, San Simeon
Hearst's father George, himself not exactly a poor man (he left a fortune of 18 million U.S. dollars when he died in 1891), bought a 40,000 acre/ 16,000 hectare ranch on San Simeon Bay.
When W. Hearst's mother died in 1919 William Randolph was the sole heir and he decided to build himself a new house on the estate.
Hearst lived in the first and largest of the three houses himself until the main house, La Casa Grande, was built.
www.planetware.com /san-simeon/hearst-castle-us-ca-hscst.htm   (682 words)

  
 The Hearst Castle: A Castle for the Chief | Away.com   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-02)
The Hearst Castle: A Castle for the Chief
The Hearst Castle: A Castle for the Chief
The Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument, better known as Hearst Castle, sprawls atop the foothills of the Santa Lucia Mountains like a California Shangri-la. In its time the castle was an exotic place, known as the weekend destination for Hollywood royalty like Charlie Chaplin, Douglas Fairbanks and Cary Grant.
away.com /primedia/arts_arch/hearst_castle.html   (828 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
Hearst Castle rises above the clouds on many days of the year and appears to be floating on the mist.
Five Hearst Castle tours are available, all exploring different areas of the Castle and different aspects of the lifestyle of William Randolph Hearst and his friends.
Hearst Castle is North of Cambria on Highway One
www.moonstonehotels.com /Hearst_Castle.htm   (657 words)

  
 Hearst Castle - San Simeon
Young Hearst lived in San Francisco with his parents, but the family frequently camped on their property, and grew fond of the ranch, nicknamed 'Camp Hill' by family members.
Hearst decided he was too old for roughing it and ordered the construction on the land.
Hearst furnished the estate with vast works of art, antiques, and even whole ceilings that he acquired en masse from the great houses of Europe.
www.hearstcastle.us   (851 words)

  
 Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California Vacation Travel Activities and Group Tours
Hearst Castle - Building the Dream gives a revealing and thrilling view of the castle and its larger than life imagery.
Thus, at Hearst Castle, employees strive to maintain both the historic structures and the priceless art collection within those structures for the enjoyment of current visitors and future generations.
Special curriculum focused tours of Hearst Castle for sixth and seventh grades are offered at selected times in fall and spring linking the castle to the classroom.
www.ngtheater.com   (712 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
All sorts of high-profile people spent time at the Hearst Castle such as Charlie Chaplin, Clark Gable and even Winston Churchill.
Supposedly Hearst is the subject of the movie, Citizen Kane.
Hearst always put out bottles of Ketchup and Mustard to retain the "camping" feel.
www.ehecker.com /hearst_castle.htm   (235 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
Hearst chose the site for the castle, 1,600 feet above sea level, because he had spent time there with his father and later camped there in huge tents with his wife and sons.
Hearst enjoyed having guests at his home on the weekends, and to be invited there was an honor.
Hearst Castle is in San Simeon, 200 miles south of San Francisco and 200 miles north of Los Angeles.
www.grandtimes.com /hearst.html   (1325 words)

  
 Hearst Castle - Hearst Castle Tours - Travel Guide to Hearst Castle San Simeon CA & Surroundings
A tour of Hearst Castle today makes it easy to imagine the social lives of prominent people in pre-war America, a view we normally can only see in the movies.
Today, Hearst Castle is a State Historical Monument and one of the most popular visitor destinations in California.
For example, given that Hearst Castle and San Simeon CA are the southern entrance to Big Sur, it is only another 15 miles to Ragged Point, and about 60 miles to the heart of Big Sur camping and hiking, where both spaces and trails are abundant and unforgettable.
www.sanluisobispocounty.com /static/index.cfm?contentID=50   (768 words)

  
 Hearst Ranch Conservation Project
These battles were fought over development rights, resorts, dude ranches and other proposals by Hearst.The success of the grassroot efforts show how important the preservation of the Hearst Ranch is, not only to the local community, but to the entire state and nation.
We have met with Hearst, ALC, State agencies, state Officials, Sierra Club, elected officials, talked to individuals and others all to gather information and the different perspectives on the project.
The Hearst Ranch conservation project - due to its size, the importance of its resources, its value to the community, and the benefits to the public - is the most important conservation project in the nation.
www.hearstranchconservation.org   (788 words)

  
 Hearst Castle Evening Tours - Gadling
Hearst Castle is perhaps the most famous landmark along California's Pacific Coast Highway.
Hearst Castle is beyond anything we imagined when we went on the tour.
The castle is phenomenal and the docents were so knowledgable that it added depth to the already spectacular environment.
www.gadling.com /2006/05/16/hearst-castle-evening-tours   (1538 words)

  
 Ted Marcus' Virtual Light Table: Hearst Castle - Pictures and Travelogue
This accumulation of riches allowed Hearst to build his own version of the castles he had visited in Europe as a child.
A woman architect was unheard of in 1919, so it's hard to say whether he hired her because of her architectural gifts or because her unusual status made her crazy enough to take on a job that some architects insisted was impossible.
Although Hearst and his guests enjoyed the Neptune Pool, the indoor pool proved unpopular because of one historical inaccuracy.
www.tedsimages.com /text/hcastle.htm   (891 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
In the Santa Lucia Coastal Range overlooking the Pacific Ocean, Hearst Castle is a magnificent estate of 165 rooms and 127 acres of gardens, terraces, pools and walkways.
The castle was once the home of newspaper publisher William Randolph Hearst, and the last great estate produced by America's Gilded Age.
Hearst Castle is located on Highway 1 outside of the community of San Simeon.
www.byways.org /browse/byways/2475/places/32733   (252 words)

  
 Friends of Hearst Castle UPCOMING SPECIAL EVENTS
As Hearst’s guests said during the Castle’s heyday, there were two kinds of people in Hollywood: those who said they had been to the castle, and those who had been to the castle!
Join Friends of Hearst Castle in heralding the arrival of the season at their annual Holiday Feast, the only event held in the Refectory of Hearst Castle.
For reservations or more information, please contact Friends of Hearst Castle at (805) 927-2138, or send an email to friends@hearstcastle.org.
www.friendsofhearstcastle.org /special_events.asp   (576 words)

  
 Introduction to Images of the Hearst Castle, San Simeon, California, by Julia Morgan.
Although Phoebe Apperson Hearst had aided Julia Morgan's early career, her more famous son, William Randolph Hearst, the publishing magnate, art collector, and movie producer, entered Morgan's life with the commissioning of a Sausalito house (1912-14), which was never built, and a cottage on his Grand Canyon property (1914), since demolished.
Morgan was involved with the Hearst Castle project from 1919 until 1948.
Hearst and his family had camped on this hill in tents erected on wooden platforms when they vacationed on his 250,000 acre Piedra Blanca Ranch during the first two decades of the 20th century.
www.bluffton.edu /~sullivanm/jmhearstss/intro.html   (586 words)

  
 Hearst Castle®
o trip to the Central Coast would be complete without a visit to world-famous Hearst Castle®.
Built from 1919 to 1947, the estate that William R. Hearst referred to as "the ranch" is today one of the most visited homes in America.
Hearst Castle offers a tour for those individuals who have difficulty climbing stairs, walking, or standing for a length of time.
www.cavalierresort.com /hearst.html   (269 words)

  
 Hearst Castle, San Simeon, CA
This extraordinary, lavish edifice stuffed with sumptuous Italian and Spanish art and antiques is the result of a 28-year-long collaboration between William Randolph Hearst and pioneering female architect Julia Morgan.
For the perennially romantic, there is also a sunset tour on weekends for $25, which covers much more of the castle, takes two hours ten minutes to complete, and has a colorful ambience enhanced by docents dressed in 1930s period costumes.
The Hearst Castle ticket office is open from 8:00 am to 4:00 pm if you want to make your arrangements in person.
www.sallys-place.com /travel/n_america/wus_hearst_castle.htm   (716 words)

  
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If you love art, this is the place to see...even if you don't care to see the castle.
Hearst Castle was a beautiful and exciting castle to visit.
The outdoor and the indoor pools were excellent and the rooms in the castle were beautifully crafted.
www.castles.org /castles/America/United_States/Hearst.htm   (329 words)

  
 hearst castle collection-metalarts
Administered by California State Parks as an historic house museum, Hearst Castle is open daily to the public.
Licensed by Hearst Castle®, MetalArts is excited to have this opportunity to make available reproductions, adaptations, and interpretations from artifacts and artworks previously unavailable to the public.
Royalties from the sales of The Hearst Castle Collection® go directly to Hearst Castle and are used to preserve it's magnificent collection.
www.hearstcastlecollection.com   (149 words)

  
 SeaVenture Resort - Hearst Castle & San Simeon
This is Hearst Castle, well worth your visit, and not only because of its 90,000 square feet of living space, 56 bedrooms and 61 bathrooms, two pools and a movie theater.
Hearst Ranch, 82,000 acres of mountains and oak-crowned hills, along with 18 miles of pristine California coastline, is undergoing one of the most complex land-preservation deals in state history.
Five different tours of the castle are available, 75 minutes in length, starting at 9 a.m.
www.seaventure.com /hearst_castle_san_simeon.asp   (479 words)

  
 Hearst Castle
See where Marion Davies and William Randolph Hearst hung out and one of the main Central California tourist attractions.
Hearst Castle® was created by William Randolph Hearst.
Hearst's Study was also a private sitting room.
www.berezin.com /3d/VM/HearstCastle.htm   (197 words)

  
 Hearst Castle, Ventura - Reviews of Hearst Castle - IgoUgo
A day trip up to Hearst Castle was a must.
William Randolph Hearst, the newspaper giant, built his castle over a span of 30 years.
There is also an IMAX move, Hearst Castle: Building the Dream, which is the life story of William Randolph Hearst and worth the extra $5.
www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=32183   (267 words)

  
 magazineUSA.com - California, USA - Hearst Castle San Simeon State Historic Museum (Travel Information)
It was also a most fitting site for hosting the many influential guests who stayed at Hearst's 250,000-acre San Simeon ranch.
Scheduled tours begin at the visitor center, and buses transport visitors five miles up the hill to what was once Hearst's palatial residence.
Hearst Castle is located on California Highway 1, about halfway between San Francisco and Los Angeles (approx.
www.magazineusa.com /states/ca/i_hearst_castle.asp   (644 words)

  
 *Hearst Castle*, San Simeon - Reviews of *Hearst Castle* - IgoUgo
The tour of the Hearst Castle begins with a 10 minute ride up the hill.
While the grounds are not groomed as well as they were when Hearst lived on the 'Enchanted Hill,' you can imagine how beautiful the pergola and lemon trees must have looked.
It was as if Hearst wanted to show off his collection of priceless antiques rather than try to make the guests comfortable.
www.igougo.com /planning/journalEntryActivity.asp?type=2&entryID=3555   (384 words)

  
 The Hearst Castle Theater | Home Entertainment
Few homes had the luxury of a private home theater when William Randolph Hearst built his legendary castle in San Simeon, on California’s central coast.
In 1919, Hearst and architect Julia Morgan started collaborating on the project, an architectural love affair that lasted 28 years.
While the theater, the largest room in the estate’s main house, Casa Grande, was not completed until 1930, it received grand attention since movie-watching was the de rigueur after-dinner entertainment for privileged visitors.
www.hedmag.com /Extraordinary-Theaters/The-Hearst-Castle-Theater.asp   (354 words)

  
 DVDown Under Review - IMAX : Hearst Castle
The film tells the story of the rise of William Randolph Hearst who began mining silver in California and from here built a publishing and film making empire to rival all others.
From many trips to Europe came his vision of the most majestic castle ever built in the most impossible of places.
Two instances, which stuck out, were the stained glass windows and the building plans for the castle where I had to actually close my eyes and refocus.
dvdownunder.com.au /reviews/heastcastle.htm   (419 words)

  
 Welcome to Hearst Castle
Hearst Castle is getting ready to celebrate its 50th Anniversary.
Please let us know how we can help make your Hearst Castle experience even better!
and "The Enchanted Hill" are registered trademarks of Hearst Castle®/California State Parks.
www.hearstcastle.org   (58 words)

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