Fact No.8
He built a 20,000-square-foot ballroom that was meant as an extension to the existing Hispano-Moorish structure, with only…$7 million in gold leaf. The architecture of the original design is a very popular style among the villas of the Mediterranean.
Also, the structure is made in a crescent shape. The upper and lower cloister that goes along the concave side of the building faces directly to Lake Worth. There’s a seventy-five-foot tower that tops the structure, which offers an astonishing view in all directions for miles.
Three boatloads of Dorian stone were brought all the way from Genoa, Italy. They were used for the exterior walls, arches, and some parts of the interior. The stone was picked for its unique quality of aging rapidly, but also for its adaptability to the intricate carving.
On a much closer look, tiny seashells and fossils can be seen in this impressive stone of the ocean-to-lake villa. They used 20,000 Cuban roofing tiles, but also 2,200 square feet of black and white marble from an old castle in Cuba (the pieces were used for the dining room floor).
Fact No.9
Trump bought the land between Mar-a-Lago and the ocean from Jack C. Massey, the former owner of KFC, as he wanted to build a home that would block Mar-a-Lago’s beach view. As he stated, he wanted to buy the property himself. From an architect’s point of view, I think it’s fair to say that views and vistas play a crucial role, especially when it comes to such property.
Fact No.10
Did you know that the structure is hurricane-resistant? It is supposedly anchored by concrete and steel to a coral reef. Even so, Trump got $17 million as insurance payment for “damage”, stating that the building suffered damages from the 2005 Atlantic Hurricane season.
The money was used for landscaping, roofing, walls, painting, leaks, artwork in the tapestries, tiles (plus the Spanish ones), and the beach. But guess what? In reality, the house was never seriously affected.
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The Biden’s are an ‘Organized Crime Family’ and there is plenty of proof….too bad our mainstream media is too BIASED and DISHONEST to report on it….along with our corrupted ‘intel agencies’ they even pushed the LIE that Hunter Biden’s laptop was Russian Disinformation to help CORRUPT Joe get elected.