The story
A heartbroken man built this pink palace to memorialize the Spanish opera singer he could never marry.
Everything that was here
- 1928–present · still open
The Don CeSar HotelHotel
A heartbroken man built this pink palace to memorialize the Spanish opera singer he could never marry.
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