La Cuesta Encantada Castle is one of the most remarkable displays of power and passion in the world. This marvelous tourism site now known as Hearst San Simeon State Historical Monument is better known as Hearst Castle. It is located six hours south of San Francisco and five hours north of Los Angeles. Sheltered by the mountains in northern San Luis Obispo County, the complex of 165 rooms and 127 acres of gardens, terraces, pools, fountains and footpaths draws approximately 800,000 visitors annually. To understand the castle, you have to understand the man who built it, William Randolph Hearst. And to understand the man, you have to understand the land upon which he built his dream.
Born on April 29, 1863, William Randolph Hearst was the only child of George Hearst and his wife, Phoebe. George was a multimillionaire who amassed his fortune through partnerships in three of the everlargest mining discoveries of copper, silver, and gold ores. In 1865, George began to accumulate parcels of land by obtaining 46 000 acres of the Piedra Blanco Ranch on Californias Central Coast. There be began a successful cattle ranch, eventually enlarging it to 250 000 acres stretching 50 miles along the coast.
William loved the ranch where he spent his summer vacations as a youngster and a youth, playing in the rugged canyons, descending the cliffs and camping in colorful Arab-style tents in the mountains with his family.
Phoebe was delighted in exposing her darling child to the beauties and wonders of the world and spared no expense doing so. During one of their adventures, an 18-month tour of the historic palaces and castles of Europe, William began a lifelong love of collecting. With his first acquisitions, German picture books, be embarked on a 78-year session of excessive spending. He confessed to a love of the finer things in life and, as he had a bottomless purse, would never deny himself anything he wanted.
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