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Adamson Star Pool: Photo © Alice Joyce Adamson House is known for the historic Malibu Potteries, and its lovely gardens which overlook the Pacific Ocean in Malibu, California. Listed on the National Register of Historic Places and a showcase for colorful tilework, Adamson House is adjacent to the Malibu Lagoon Museum, situated in the house’s attached 5-car garage. Although part of the California State Parks, Adamson House and Continue reading Adamson House ~ Malibu  5 comments - (Comments are closed)  Historic Gardens, Los Angeles, Southern California  Arts and Crafts Design, Historic Gardens, Los Angeles 
Travel to Los Angeles should include a visit to the intimate East Garden within the grounds of the Getty Villa in Malibu: A walled santuary space where you’ll want to linger. The East Garden’s enchanting central wall fountain represents a replica of a mosaic and shell fountain from the House of the Large Fountain in Pompeii. In A.D. 79 Mt. Vesuvius erupted, burying Pompeii and Herculaneum. The Getty Villa museum features a treasure trove of art from ancient Greece, Rome and Etruria. Continue reading Immersed in Art and Culture .. The Getty Villa, Malibu 
Located along the Pacific Coast Highway in Malibu, the Getty Villa first opened in 1974 as the original J. Paul Getty Museum; the architecture of the site patterned after the Villa dei Papiri – a Roman country house dating to the first century. The Villa closed for renovation in 1997, just as The Getty Center opened to great fanfare in Los Angeles. After a 12-year closure, the cultural cognoscenti were abuzz by 2006 as the Getty Villa reopened with stunning exhibition spaces; presenting an unparalleled showcase for Greco-Roman & Etruscan antiquities. An overall stunning redesign by architects, Machado and Silvetti Associates of Boston received widespread praise. Continue reading Getty Villa: Elegant Symmetry .. Echoes of Ancient Rome 2 comments - (Comments are closed) Historic Gardens, Los Angeles, Southern California Getty Villa, Historic Gardens, Los Angeles |
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