Villa Vizcaya

Vizcaya villa on the right, stone barge on the left Vizcaya: north Villa facade from the garden Casino.

Villa Vizcaya, now named the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, is the former villa and estate of businessman James Deering. The house is on Biscayne Bay in Coconut Grove Miami, Florida. Deering made the Deering McCormick-International Harvester fortune,

The estate is on the National Register of Historic Places, and is a National Historic Landmark.

The estate property was originally 180 acres (730,000 m2) of shoreline mangrove swamps and dense inland native tropical forests. Being a conservationist, Deering sited the development of the estate portion along the shore to conserve the forests. The villa was built mostly between 1914 and 1922. The building of the extensive elaborate Italian Renaissance gardens and the village continued into 1923.

The Vizcaya estate includes the gardens, native woodland landscape and a historic village compound. The landscape and architecture were influenced by Veneto and Tuscan Italian Renaissance models and designed in the Mediterranean Revival architecture style, with Baroque elements. Paul Chalfin was the design director.

Miami-Dade County now owns the Vizcaya property, as the Vizcaya Museum and Gardens, which is open to the public. 'Villa Vizcaya' is served by the Vizcaya Station of the Miami Metrorail.

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Luke
11 April 2016
Surreal estate with grounds to match the hubris of the architecture. Amazing for its pompous grandeur as it is for how well preserved much of the estate is
Just Sayin’
25 February 2016
The atmosphere and history are no doubt awe-inspiring when you're here, this goes without saying, but I'd also like to mention the cafe has one of the best grilled cheeses I've ever had!????
Miami.com
1 August 2014
Take a stroll among the collection of rare orchids in the Orchidarium, watch sunlight scatter through the stained-glass doors of the tea room, or enjoy lunch with view of the historic swimming pool.
Nelli Pellinen
28 October 2018
One of the most beautiful and bizzarre museums. Great presentation of what happens when you have too much money
Wael Hazzazi
14 March 2019
You have to visit this place especially if the weather is nice. Incredible property with beautiful gardens
Rosaura Ochoa
9 March 2013
I could live here forever, so beautiful! It's better if you come on a weekday, there's a plague of quinceañeras with "burn my eyes" dress colors for their photoshoots on weekends, pretty annoying.
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