Canada: Toronto, Ontario – Casa Loma, Toronto
By glenda. Filed in Architecture, Canada, Culture, Exhibition, History, Toronto, Travel |
Sir Henry Pellatt, a Canadian stockbroker and entrepreneur built this full-sized castle in Toronto around 1913. It has secret passageways, breathtaking views and elaborately decorated rooms. Unfortunately financial miscalculations caused him to have to leave his “castle on the hill” and he died in poverty.
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