Talk:Vizcaya Museum and Gardens

message: Please leave this page for the villa which does indeed give the link to the museum with full information. The Villa has been known on its own for years and we've been through this before. Please do not again do a redirect without discussion on this page. Thanks. Doc 05:00, 20 May 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Villa

message: The Villa Viscaya manor house is absolutely not a replica of any other house, villa or palace that exists elsewhere. It is an original work of architecture (and a very fine one at that) that incorporates elements of Italian Renaissance and Baroque style. Where did the author of this article get his or her information? Of course, no sources are cited. Furthermore, the Venetian style is an entirely differant style. Perhaps the author confused it with the opulent estate in Sarasota, Florida of John and Mabel Ringling called "Ca'd'Zan" which most definately resembles and was inspired by the Venetian style. Yes, they were members of the Ringling Brothers Circus business.
Mention should be made that this palational villa is surrounded by outstanding formal gardens, statuaries, fountains, hidden grottoes, etc. The grounds are gorgeous and they deserve more mention. Sadly, major damage from hurricanes has left in ruins such monuments as the sculptural breakwater barge in the bay that was designed to be an allegorical representation of Cleopatra's Barge, and the Peacock Bridge, which spanned a small canal that divides the estate with land now occupied by Mercy Hospital.
Finally, in my opinion, note should be made that Viscaya was selected as the setting where then President Ronald Reagan formally welcomed Pope John Paul II on the pontiff's first visit to Miami. 69.139.182.222 04:14, 13 February 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Not a replica, and not Venetian 

message: *"...internationally-known architect F. Burrall Hoffman." Is this from a travel brochure? This is Hoffman's single masterpiece. But "internationally-known"? No. --Wetman 16:56, 27 June 2007 (UTC)
thread_title: Notability claim

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message: The article about Vojislav Stanimirović has a link to the heading "The Vizcaya Heist". This heading appears to have been changed in the article to "1971 robbery", but the sources I can access (one is blocked) do not describe the "heist" in sufficient detail to say if the crime was a robbery, burglary or a theft. They only say that the arrested people were found in possession of stolen items. While one source uses the term "robbery", this can sometimes be used in error to refer to a theft or a burglary. What distinguishes a robbery from a theft is that a person was threatened with violence or the application of force in order to steal the property, while a burglary would be committed if the stealing was effected as a result of the thieves entering the building while it was closed to the public. Just a theft would have happened if the property was stolen while the building was open to the public and nobody realised the property had been taken until the thieves had left. What were the circumstance of the "heist" and was it really a robbery, or just a theft or burglary that occurred? Who was threatened or hurt if it was a robbery? These facts should be mentioned in the article to establish the nature of the crime. What one source says happened is not enough to say if the source is correct in using the term to describe the crime accurately. - 203.96.84.33 (talk) 01:16, 29 March 2022 (UTC)
thread_title:  Heading for the Vizcaya Heist