Guardian of the Stairs
by Laurie Perry
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Guardian of the Stairs
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Laurie Perry
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Photograph - Photography
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Taken at the Ringling Mansion in Sarasota, Florida. The top of the Ringling Mansion, (The Ca' d'Zan), located in Sarastoa, Florida.
Ca' d'Zan, a Mediterranean Revival residence in Sarasota, Florida, was the winter home of the American circus owner, developer and art collector John Ringling and his wife Mable. Lovers of the Venetian aesthetic, the Ringlings chose the site overlooking Sarasota Bay for its vista, which reminded them of the lagoon of their favorite city. The name of the residence is Venetian for House of John.The Ringlings had been renting the residence of Mary Louise and Charles N. Thompson on their extensive Shell Beach parcel, and decided to purchase some of the land to build a permanent winter headquarters that would include a residence on the bay and a museum for their extensive art and artifact collection. An art school was planned to abut the museum, but it never was built. Mable's rose garden was the first completed portion of the complex. On April 18, 2012, the AIA's Florida Chapter placed Ca d'Zan, the Residence of John and Mable Ringling on its list of Florida Architecture: 100 Years. 100 Places.
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February 17th, 2015
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