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year. The Breakers is one of
the finest examples.
Newport is also home to
the oldest synagogue in USA.
Built in 1763 by Sephardic
Jews who had fled Spain and
Portugal in search of religious
tolerance, the Touro Synagogue
is an outstanding example of
18th-century architecture. It
is located just east of Washington
Square, where a number of
Scores of yachts in the harbor at Newport historic Colonial buildings
have been preserved. Among
0 Newport on Bellevue Avenue on the them is the Brick Market
southeastern side of the city. Museum and Shop housed
* 28,000. ~ @ Gateway Center,
23 America’s Cup Ave. g Perrotti Park Built between 1748 and 1902, in the market, which was the
(to Providence). n 23 America’s Cup when the rich and famous center of commerce in Colonial
Ave, (401) 845-9123, (800) 326-6030. flocked here each summer to times. Also on the Square is the
_ Newport Tennis Week (Jul), Jazz beat New York’s heat, these White Horse Tavern (see p188),
Festival (Jul–Aug). summer “cottage” retreats of which claims to be the oldest
∑ discovernewport.org the country’s wealthiest families, continuously operating tavern
such as the Vanderbilts and the in America; it was granted its
A center of trade, culture, Astors, are some of America’s liquor license in 1673.
wealth, and military activity for grandest private homes. Apart from its mansions
more than 300 years, Newport is Modeled on European palaces and historic sites, Newport
a true sightseeing mecca. The and decorated with the finest also has numerous outdoor
town’s main attractions are its artworks, the mansions were attractions. South of
mansions, most of them located used for only 10 weeks of the Washington Square is Fort
The Breakers
The architecture and ostentation of the Gilded Age of the late 1800s The Dining Room, a two-
reached its pinnacle with The Breakers, the summer home of the railroad story room, has a stunning
magnate Cornelius Vanderbilt II (1843–99). Completed in 1895, the four- arched ceiling and two
story, 70-room limestone mansion was modeled after 16th-century huge crystal chandeliers.
palaces in Turin and Genoa. Its interior is adorned with marble, stained
glass, gilt, and crystal.

Mrs. Vanderbilt’s Bedroom is
sumptuously decorated in
Louis XVI style. The Upper
Loggia has
enchanting
views of
the Atlantic
The Music
Room was the Ocean.
scene of many
grand dances
and recitals.

The Billiard
Room features
several costly
wall marbles.
The Morning Room ceiling is adorned
The Great Hall with paintings of the four seasons,
rises two the mahogany doors with the four
full stories. The sculpted archways are elements. All the cornices and panels
inspired by Italian were made in France.
Renaissance-style palazzos.
For hotels and restaurants in this region see pp184–6 and pp187–9

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