pátek 20. října 2017

USA(North Carolina) - Asheville

Official seal of Asheville, North Carolina
Asheville is a city in and the county seat of Buncombe County, North CarolinaUnited States. It is the largest city in Western North Carolina, and the 12th largest city in North Carolina.
Asheville is located in the Blue Ridge Mountains at the confluence of the Swannanoa River and the French Broad River.
Biltmore Estate is a large private estate and tourist attraction in AshevilleNorth Carolina. Biltmore House, the main house on the estate, is a Châteauesque-styled mansion built by George Washington Vanderbilt II between 1889 and 1895 and is the largest privately owned house in the United States, at 178,926 square feet (16,622.8 m2)[2] of floor space (135,280 square feet (12,568 m2) of living area) and featuring 250 rooms. Still owned by one of Vanderbilt's descendants, it stands today as one of the most prominent remaining examples of the Gilded Age, and of significant gardens in the jardin à la française and English Landscape garden styles in the United States.
ArchitectRichard Morris Hunt;Frederick Law Olmsted
Architectural styleChâteauesque


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