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    San Simeon (Spanish: San Simeón, meaning "St. Simon") is an unincorporated community on the Pacific coast of San Luis Obispo County, California, United...
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    Encantada (Spanish for "The Enchanted Hill"), is a historic estate in San Simeon, located on the Central Coast of California. Conceived by William Randolph...
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  • San Simeon is an unincorporated town in California, and the home of the Hearst Castle landmark and attraction. San Simeon may also refer to: San Simeon...
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    2003 San Simeon earthquake struck at 11:15 PST (19:15 UTC) on December 22 on the Central Coast of California, about 7 miles (11 km) northeast of San Simeon...
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  • Saint Simeon, Saint Symeon or Saint-Siméon may refer to: Simeon, a name Simon Peter calls himself in 2 Peter 1:1. New Testament saint; first of the Apostles...
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  • Rancho San Simeon was a 4,469-acre (18.09 km2) Mexican land grant in present-day San Luis Obispo County, California given in 1842 by Governor Juan Alvarado...
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    Strawberries are the largest agricultural crop in the county. The town of San Simeon is located at the foot of the ridge where newspaper publisher William...
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    Big Sur (category Geography of San Luis Obispo County, California)
    Central Coast of the U.S. state of California, between Carmel Highlands and San Simeon, where the Santa Lucia Mountains rise abruptly from the Pacific Ocean...
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    The San Simeon slender salamander (Batrachoseps incognitus) is a species of salamander in the family Plethodontidae. The San Simeon slender salamander...
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  • The San Simeon Stakes is a Grade III American Thoroughbred horse race for horses aged three years old or older over the distance of about six and one-half...
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    William Randolph Hearst (category Businesspeople from San Francisco)
    Ocean near San Simeon, has been preserved as a State Historical Monument and is designated as a National Historic Landmark. Hearst was born in San Francisco...
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    north and San Carpóforo Creek near San Simeon in the south. Prior to its completion, the California coast south of Carmel and north of San Simeon was one...
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    New York, and Hearst and Davies moved to the palatial Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, overlooking the Pacific Ocean. Upon visiting the sprawling...
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    San Simeon State Park is a state park of California, United States, preserving rocky coast and rare habitats. It is located between Cambria and San Simeon...
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    public visitation. Rudolf Wittkower (1986). Pelican History of Art (ed.). Art and Architecture in Italy 1600–1750. pp. 387–88. San Simeon Piccolo's Church...
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    Patty Hearst (category Actresses from San Francisco)
    victims. Hearst produced a special for the Travel Channel titled Secrets of San Simeon with Patricia Hearst, in which she took viewers inside her grandfather's...
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  • San Simeon is a Standardbred pacer from Western Australia best known for his Australasian record winning sequence of 29 races from his first start as a...
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  • the ancient city of Xanadu, known for its splendor. Hearst Castle in San Simeon, California, has been considered to be the main inspiration for Xanadu...
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    Cambria, California (category Census-designated places in San Luis Obispo County, California)
    forests. The town previously had gone by the names of Slabtown, Rosaville, San Simeon, and Santa Rosa. For statistical purposes, the United States Census Bureau...
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    social circle of press baron William Randolph Hearst at Hearst Castle in San Simeon. Dissatisfied with her mediocre roles in Hollywood films, Brooks went...
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    Neptune Pool (category Buildings and structures in San Luis Obispo County, California)
    Neptune Pool is an outdoor swimming pool ensemble at Hearst Castle, in San Simeon, California. As well as a large swimming pool, the terrace also includes...
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  • actress Marion Davies. He grew up in Hollywood, spending much time at San Simeon, the "enchanted castle on the hill", where his aunt reigned as publisher...
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    Monterey. After being closed to the public for six years due to the 2003 San Simeon earthquake, the church reopened on September 29, 2009. Inside the church...
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  • Europe and spent time with her. Lake spent considerable time at Hearst's San Simeon estate, is included in most home movies of Hearst and Davies, and accompanied...
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    San Simeon, and past the elephant seal colony at Piedras Blancas Light Station. SR 1 provides access to Hearst Castle in San Simeon in Northern San Luis...
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  • Donald Rosenberg of Gramophone wrote: Hearst’s extravagant abode in San Simeon comes to brilliant life in Once Upon a Castle (2015), whose four movements...
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    San Carpóforo Creek flows through San Carpóforo Canyon and into the Pacific Ocean in a small bay 20 miles (32 km) north of San Simeon on the Central Coast...
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    family inheritance, including the 270,000-acre (110,000 ha) ranch in San Simeon, the 900,000-acre (360,000 ha) Babicora Ranch in Mexico, a fruit orchard...
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    José Simeón Cañas Central American University (Spanish: Universidad Centroamericana "José Simeón Cañas"), also known as UCA El Salvador, is a private...
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    M. (April 2016). "Graphite-schist blocks in the Franciscan Mélange, San Simeon, California: Evidence of high- P metamorphism". Journal of Metamorphic...
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