Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

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Vizcaya Museum and Gardens is a historic Italian Renaissance-style villa and estate in Miami renowned for its ornate architecture, art collections, and lush formal gardens along Biscayne Bay.

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instanceOf historic estate
historic house museum
landscape garden
museum
tourist attraction
villa
architect F. Burrall Hoffman Jr.
architecturalStyle Italian Renaissance Revival architecture
Mediterranean Revival architecture
area approximately 50 acres
collectionIncludes 18th-century French furniture
European decorative arts
Italian Renaissance art
antique tapestries
architectural fragments
sculpture
completionDate 1922
constructionStartDate 1914
country United States
dateOfHeritageDesignation 1994
designer Paul Chalfin
developer James Deering
hasPart barges and stone breakwater
formal gardens
historic village
main house
mangrove shoreline
heritageDesignation U.S. National Historic Landmark
U.S. National Register of Historic Places listing
inception 1914
landscapeArchitect Diego Suarez
locatedIn Florida
Miami
Miami-Dade County
United States
locatedOn Biscayne Bay
notableFeature Renaissance-inspired interiors
formal Italianate gardens
loggia and courtyard
ornate stone barge in Biscayne Bay
NRHPReferenceNumber 74000617
numberOfRooms 34
openingDate 1916
operator Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust, Inc.
originalOwner James Deering
ownedBy Miami-Dade County
publicOpeningDate 1953
touristAttractionOf Miami
usedFor cultural events
museum exhibitions
weddings and private events
website https://vizcaya.org/

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Miami touristAttraction Vizcaya Museum and Gardens
subject linked to: Miami, Florida, United States
Vizcaya Museum and Gardens operator Vizcaya Museum and Gardens Trust, Inc.
linked to: Vizcaya Museum and Gardens