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Oxford city - The city of dreaming spires
Oxford is known as The city of dreaming spires - a term coined by Matthew Arnold in reference to the harmonious architecture of the university buildings. Oxford is famous the world over for its University and place in history. It is home to the University of Oxford, the oldest university in the English-speaking world.
In Wales, a family retreat
Nantyfarddu, a Welsh farmstead, is Tim and Judith Sear’s second home now, but for years it was their first, and only, real home — the place where the British-born couple and their children retreated periodically as Mr. Sear’s career moved them around Asia in the 1960s and ’70s.
The ‘Great love’ of a collector of old mansions
Sometimes, your dream house finds you. That’s how Richard Hampton Jenrette, a co-founder of the investment banking firm Donaldson, wound up owning Edgewater in Barrytown, N.Y.
Red square
Red Square is the most famous city square in Moscow. The square earned its name not from the red walls of the Kremlin, nor from the traditional symbol of Communism, but from the Russian word for "red", which many centuries ago also meant "beautiful". Red square separates the Kremlin, the former royal citadel and currently the official residence of the President of Russia, from a historic merchant quarter, known as Kitay-gorod.
Sales of existing homes in the U.S. probably declined in June
Sales of previously owned U.S. homes probably fell in June, approaching a record low and signaling tumbling real-estate values and consumer confidence are hurting demand, economists said ahead of a private report today.