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Offbeat New Zealand: History and mystery at Campbell Park Estate, North Otago
JOSIE STEENHART
Last updated 05:00, January 3 2017
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A majestic ‘castle’-style mansion is the jewel in the crown of the Campbell Park Estate.
With a castle-style mansion and stables built in 1876, an old jailhouse, fruit orchards and field g… (View original article)
Photo: Oskar Aanmoen
King Harald and Queen Sonja of Norway have a busy year when they both celebrate their 80th birthday in 2017. A number of events are already set in the program for this Norwegian royal year. The King and Queen will celebrate their birthdays together on 10 May, in addition to several private and public celebrations throughout the year.
Queen Sonja and King Harald have part of the programme ready. Not unexpectedly, there will be more winte… (View original article)
We had come to Bleggio by car, traversing mountain roads to reach this remote area of the Dolomites directly north of Lake Garda. Driving from southern Trentino we headed down towards Riva, a tourist town on the northern shores of the lake, and then due north, gaining altitude as we zipped up a valley pass. Sheer peaks and dense forest penned us in the higher we went, until we reached a plateau of rolling hills and a herb-flecked meadow.
It was to this protected alpine world that my … (View original article)
Galway City’s only inhabitable castle has sold for a song after three years on the market.
Ballindooley Castle was first put on sale at €795,000. That dropped to €595,000 a year later. According to the Price Property Register it has now sold for €328,000 – a discount of a whopping €467,000.
According to auctioneer Helen Cassidy the price does not include contents, which were also sold to the new owner.
Helen would not reveal who will be the new king or queen of the c… (View original article)
HMP Castle Huntly, near Dundee.
The number of inmates absconding from Castle Huntly this year equals that of the previous six years combined, new figures show.
Documents covering a decade of absconding from the open estate prison show 2016 has dramatically bucked a downward trend in the number of escaping prisoners.
The figures relate to inmates who simply walk out the gates of the prison.
Additional numbers of inmates fail to return after home leave, raising … (View original article)
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THERE are high hopes 2017 will herald a new future for Paignton’s historic Oldway Mansion.
A working panel has been set up by Torbay Council to draw up a new strategy in the wake of the collapse of its agreement with would-be developers Akkeron.
Members of that panel attended the annual meeting of the Friends of Oldway group which has been fighting to save the mansion for 10 years.
Some 60 people attended the meeting at Paignton Library, the gro… (View original article)
Thursday, December 29, 2016 8:57 a.m. EST
by Justin Lopshire
UNION CITY, MI (WTVB) – With the start of the new year, the Victorian Villa Inn in Union City will be starting its 36th year of business.
The Inn opened for business in January of 1982 after the mansion was purchased in 1978 by the Gibson Family.
When it was bought, the 1876 mansion had seen its better days during private ownership. It took four years of rehabilitation work before it was restored … (View original article)
WINDSOR LOCKS, CT — Three families (the Dexters, the Coffins and the Haskells) played central roles in the life of the most elegant house ever built in Windsor Locks – the Ashmere estate. Seth Dexter and Jabez Haskell were early settlers in Pine Meadow, which later became Windsor Locks.
Seth Dexter’s daughter, Harriet Clark Dexter, married Edwin Douglas in 1834. Edwin Douglas was the “onsite engineer” during the construction of the Windsor Locks canal. Seth gave his daughter, Harriet… (View original article)
“Culture and science can be instruments that enable man, and put him on the path to solutions that have not been found since the world began.” – Victoria Ocampo. *All photos by Nithil Dennis*
Villa Ocampo
The wealthy northern suburb of San Isidro is well known as a getaway to escape the hustle and bustle of the city for a few hours; a place to soak up leafy tranquility and eye some of the city’s largest, most expensive mansions.
Walking these lanes give… (View original article)
The Russian abode in Upper Brookville, Long Island.Photo: en.glavzs.ruPresident Barack Obama retaliated Thursday against Russia for its alleged cybermeddling in the 2016 elections, imposing sanctions on intelligence services and expelling 35 Russian officials from the United States. The White House is also, among other measures, shuttering two Russian-owned retreats on Long Island and Maryland’s Eastern Shore. Both are mansions where Russian diplomats go to unwind, and, according to the W… (View original article)