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Venetian Pool, opened in 1924 as "Venetian Casino," was created from a 4-acre (16,000 m 2) old coral rock quarry, abandoned in 1921.The pool was founded by George Merrick as part of the development of Coral Gables, which was created in Mediterranean Revival style and utilized a large amount of coral for ornamental features of the community.
Books & Books: The independent bookstore helped put Miami on the world’s cultural map, and the owner helped found the Miami Book Fair. Venetian Pool: Landmark with waterfalls, grottoes and caves.
At one time, the pool was the largest pool in the world and employed swimming instructor (and later Tarzan actor) Johnny Weissmuller. [4] It served as a hospital during World War II and as a Veterans Administration Hospital and campus of the University of Miami medical school until 1968. The hotel was then abandoned for many years before again ...
The Venetian Islands are a chain of artificial islands in Biscayne Bay in the cities of Miami and Miami Beach, Florida. The islands are, from west to east: Biscayne Island (Miami), San Marco Island (Miami), San Marino Island (Miami Beach), Di Lido Island (Miami Beach), Rivo Alto Island (Miami Beach), and Belle Isle (Miami Beach).
Coral Gables is a city in Miami-Dade County, Florida, United States.The city is part of the Miami metropolitan area of South Florida and is located 7 miles (11 km) southwest of Downtown Miami.
Giudecca was known in ancient times as the Spinalunga (meaning "Long Thorn"). The name Giudecca may represent a corruption of the Latin "Judaica" ("Judaean") and so may be translated as "the Jewry": a number of towns in Southern Italy and Sicily have Jewish quarters named Giudecca or Judeca.
The locations of National Register properties and districts for which the latitude and longitude coordinates are included below, may be seen in a map. [ 1 ] There are 193 properties and districts listed on the National Register in Miami-Dade County, including 6 National Historic Landmarks .
The Great Hall. The Venetian Macao (Chinese: 澳門威尼斯人) is a hotel and casino resort in Macau, China owned by the American Las Vegas Sands company. The 39-story [1] structure on Macau's Cotai Strip has 10,500,000-square-foot (980,000 m 2) of floor space, and is modeled on its sister casino resort The Venetian Las Vegas.