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This decorative and stately row of six attached town houses was the unusual ‘baby’ of a trio of parliamentarians.
The Mansions is a guarded and gated community that offers 3- and 4- storey Parkhomes (highly modified, stratified terrace homes), arranged in a novel manner, at sizes ranging from 295 to 438 square metres. A choice of a 4-storey Parkhome fitted with personal lift, a first-of-its-kind in Hanoi, is also available.
At a 'Ayyanar' Temple in Chettinad locals make offerings of large terra-cotta houses in return for good luck. Ayyanaris the Tamil god 'of everything' ranging from god of children, cattle, villages, earth, nature to villagers. Numbering more than 25,000, Chettinad's mansions were built by a Hindu caste of Chettiars called the Nagarathars. They were bankers and merchants who made their fortunes outside India in Burma, Malaysia, Vietnam and Singapore during the times of the British colonialism. With this new found fortunes they built mansions, exquisite palaces that rivaled those of even the Maharajah's using teak from Burma, marble form Italy, tiles from Japan and steel from England. But these glory days only lasted until after the WWII when the British left Burma and they were forced to leave return to India. Suddenly with no income their mansions began to decay and fall down or were pulled take and the pillars, windows, doors and antiques were sold. Some estimates say that around 20 per month are coming down. Hopefully, with the aid of preservation projects such as the Revive Chettinad Society, and the influx of tourism these mansions can be saved before they all fall down.
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Newport Rhode island, east coast mansion. Coastal mansion. Coastal grandma
Several years ago I toured some of the mansions of Newport, Rhode Island - the place where anyone who was anyone had a summer "cottage" in the waning years of the 1800s. The very wealthy heirs of New York Central railroad magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt, were of course, no exception. William Kissam Van
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THE MANSIONS OF CHETTINADPhotography: Bharath RamamruthamText: George Michell Chettinad is a region of Tamil Nadu, located midway between...
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Newport Mansions & Gardens
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Discover the perfect blend of historical grandeur and modern comfort at the best hotels near the mansions in Newport. Explore iconic Gilded Age estates from a conveniently located, cozy retreat.
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See The Mansions On Fifth, a beautiful Pittsburgh mansion wedding venue. Find prices, detailed info, and photos for Pennsylvania wedding reception…
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