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| x Plas Newydd |
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Plas Newydd, located in Llanfairpwllgwyngyll, Anglesey, Wales, is the country seat of the Marquess of Anglesey. It is not to be confused with the house of the same name at Llangollen; the family's other seat being at Beaudesert, Staffordshire.
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| x Ashdown House, Berkshire | ||
| x Basildon Park |
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Basildon Park is a country house situated in the English county of Berkshire, between the villages of Upper Basildon and Lower Basildon and near the town of Reading, at grid reference SU611782. It is owned by the National Trust and is a Grade I...
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| x Ascott, Buckinghamshire |
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Ascott is a hamlet and country house in the parish of Wing, Buckinghamshire, England.
The hamlet lies completely within the boundary of the Ascott Estate; it is home to many of the estate and house staff.
Prior to the Norman Conquest there was an...
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| x Claydon House |
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Claydon House is a country house in the Aylesbury Vale, Buckinghamshire, England, close to the village of Middle Claydon. It is owned by the National Trust. There has been a manor house on the site of the present house since before the Norman...
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| x Cliveden |
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Cliveden is an Italianate stately-home at Taplow, Buckinghamshire, England. Set on cliffs 200 feet above the River Thames, it has been home to an Earl, two Dukes, a Prince of Wales and the Viscounts Astor. It is now owned by the National Trust and...
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| x Dorneywood |
Dorneywood is a moderately large Queen Anne style house built in 1920, near Burnham in Buckinghamshire, England. It was given to the National Trust by Lord Courtauld-Thomson in 1947 as a country home for a senior member of the Government, usually a...
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| x Hughenden Manor |
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Hughenden Manor is a red brick Georgian mansion, located in High Wycombe, Buckinghamshire, England, and a National Trust property open to the public, like most National Trust properties, between the months of March and October and on other special...
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| x Pineto Regional Park |
The Pineto Regional Park is a protected natural area of Lazio, Italy, instituted in 1987. It has an area of approximately 240 hectares, which includes Pineta Sacchetti. The park is in the northwest area of the city of Rome, in Municipio XIX, shared...
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| x Villa d'Este |
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The Villa d'Este is a villa situated at Tivoli, near Rome, Italy. Listed as a UNESCO world heritage site, it is a fine example of Renaissance architecture and the Italian Renaissance garden.
The Villa d'Este was commissioned by Cardinal Ippolito II...
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| x Villa Ada |
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Villa Ada is the largest park in Rome, Italy (450 acres/182 hectares). It is located in the northeastern part of the city. Its highest prominence is Monte Antenne, 67 m (220 feet), an ancient archeological site.
The wooded expanse was owned by the...
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| x Summer Garden |
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The Summer Garden (Russian: Ле́тний сад, Letniy Sad) occupies an island between the Fontanka, Moika, and the Swan Canal in Saint Petersburg and shares its name with the adjacent Summer Palace of Peter the Great.
The park, first conceived by Peter in...
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| x Boboli Gardens |
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The Boboli Gardens, in Italian Giardino di Boboli, form a famous park in Florence, Italy, that is home to a distinguished collection of sculptures dating from the sixteenth through the eighteenth centuries, with some Roman antiquities.
The Gardens,...
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| x National Gardens of Athens |
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The National Garden (formerly the Royal Garden) (Greek: Εθνικός Κήπος) is a peaceful, green refuge of 15.5 hectares in the center of the Greek capital, Athens. It is located directly behind the Greek Parliament building (The Old Palace) and...
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| x Hellenikon Metropolitan Park |
Hellenikon Metropolitan Park as it has been named, will be a large urban park located in Hellinikon, Athens, Greece. The park will provide Athens with a much needed ecological boost. When finished the park will be the largest in Europe.
It will be...
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| x Stadtpark, Vienna |
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The Viennese City Park (German: Wiener Stadtpark) extends from the Parkring in the First District of Vienna up to the Heumarkt (a street, literally translated as hay market) in the Third District and is visited both by tourists and by native...
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| x Prater |
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The Wiener Prater is a large public park in Vienna's 2nd district Leopoldstadt. The name Prater derives from one or the other or possibly both Latin words pratum meaning meadow and Praetor meaning Magistrate/Lawyer, possibly via Spanish prado. The...
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| x Bois de Boulogne |
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The Bois de Boulogne is a park located along the western edge of the 16th arrondissement of Paris, France, near the suburb of Boulogne-Billancourt.
The Bois de Boulogne covers an area of 8.459 km² (3.266 sq. miles, or 2,090 acres), which is 2.5...
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| x Bois de Vincennes |
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The Bois de Vincennes is a park in the English landscape manner to the east of Paris. The park is named after the nearby town of Vincennes.
The Bois de Vincennes, like the Bois de Boulogne, is often not thought to be part of Paris proper, as it...
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| x Trocadéro |
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The Trocadéro, site of the Palais de Chaillot, is an area of Paris, France, in the 16th arrondissement, across the Seine from the Eiffel Tower. The hill of the Trocadéro is the hill of Chaillot, a former village.
Trocadero is an island inside the...
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| x Tuileries Garden |
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| x Jardin du Luxembourg |
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The Jardin du Luxembourg is the largest public park (224,500 m² (22.5 hectares) located in the 6th arrondissement of Paris, France. Luxembourg is the garden of the French Senate, which is itself housed in the Luxembourg Palace.
The garden is largely...
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| x Parc de Sceaux |
Parc de Sceaux is one of the Paris RER B stations, located in the city of Sceaux. This is also the name of a park and castle from Jean-Baptiste Colbert.
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| x Parc de la Villette |
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The Parc de la Villette is a park in Paris at the outer edge of the 19th arrondissement, bordering the Boulevard Périphérique, which is a ring road around Paris, and the suburb of Seine-Saint-Denis. At 55 hectares (of which 35 hectares are green...
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