The Biltmore
November 20, 2011 
(Biltmore Hotel - Front)Janet Ramin - As a young boy, George Merrick traveled to Spain, explored medieval castles, towers, Moorish courtyards and pools, and developed a passion for them. Fast forward several years later, Merrick becomes a real estate developer and teams up with hotel magnate, John McEntee Bowman, to create a grand hotel, a destination magnet for the rich and famous. The Biltmore Hotel is born.
As you curve around the lush rolling green park, a Moorish tower arises and a Mediterranean palazzo appears majestically to fill out the horizon. For a moment, you may imagine you’re in Italy or on the plains of Spain but then the palm trees appear – snapping you out of the dream – and back to Coral Gables, Florida. Merrick wanted to recreate his childhood haunts and hired architect Leonard Schultze to achieve his dream.
Using the Giralda tower in Seville, Spain as inspiration, Scultze created the bell tower of the Biltmore and centered it in the palazzo-style hotel building. In the center of the hotel is
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