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Marveling at Coral Gables' Mansions
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Coral Gables is called the 'City Beautiful', and with good reason. America in gen-
eral and Miami in particular are often associated with gaudiness, but Coral Gables
takes this cliché and turns it on its head. Yes, houses here are opulent, and some
are admittedly over the top, but many are gorgeous executions of a
Mediterranean-revival style that blends the best of Iberian villas, Moroccan
riads
and Roman pleasure domes. Coral Gables is Miami's House on the Hill; we highly
recommend gawking (
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).
