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we could also use as an emblem for the house, a caravel. i doubt if we are likely to find a better name. yours sincerely, james deering. i think as a world traveler james deering viewed architectural history from a lens of timelessness. he knew what the princes of the renaissance had built. he related to the princes of american industry changing the world in the way the medicis changed the world of renaissance europe. vizcaya had to look like a italian villa that had been lived by several generations for 300 years, and the place was never meant to looked new. and yet it s built in the 20th century and it doesn t look corny, it s not a pastiche. it s the real thing. in 1910, industrialist james deering started making plans to build his dream palace in a primeval jungle. a wealthy bachelor of rich and refined taste, he dedicated the rest of his life to creating one of the greatest estates in america. one of the most fascinating aspects of vizcaya is that it was built