Southern Living, November 1st, 2002
Circus titan John Ringling's Ca d'Zan mansion once again dazzles visitors to Sarasota after a six-year restoration.
He was the king of the circus-- The Greatest Show on Earth. She was his queen. Together John and Mable Ringling traveled the world and built a shimmering Venetian palace on Sarasota Bay in Florida.
"We have a treasure here," docent Muriel Ostroff says as she welcomes guests to CA d'Zan (a word meaning House of John in the Venetian dialect), which became the Ringlings' winter home in 1925. "What you see all around you is the work of the last six years. The house is back to the w...
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