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Take a look inside Vizcaya, the 45,000-square-foot Gilded Age mansion near the heart of Miami
- Vizcaya, a 45,000-square-foot mansion near Miami, was built by James Deering over a century ago and is considered one of Miami's most valuable real estate properties.
- The mansion, with 54 rooms, features cutting-edge technologies of its time, including one of Miami's first telephone lines.
- Vizcaya's construction employed 1,000 workers, many of whom were Black immigrants from the Bahamas.
- The mansion is estimated to have cost $26 million to build, equivalent to over $800 million in today's money.
- Vizcaya was purchased by Miami-Dade County in 1962 for $1 million and now operates as a museum open to the public.
- The main house includes 34 rooms furnished with original decorations and furniture that visitors can explore.
- Vizcaya's gardens, inspired by European designs, span around 10 acres and include mazes, terraces, and fountains.
- The estate features a variety of rooms, including a living room with a 1600s limestone fireplace and a formal dining room with marble artifacts from Pompeii.
- Deering’s bedroom, featuring Louis Vuitton luggage, has a personal bathroom with a breathtaking view of Biscayne Bay.
- Constructed during the Gilded Age, Vizcaya showcases extravagances and technologies of the era, including a highly innovative telephone system, elevators, and state-of-the-art kitchen technology.
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