Marble House includes Marble House and many other historic Newport mansions, was added to the Register on December 8, 1972 and subsequently designated as a National Historic Landmark District on May 11, 1976. Marble House is one of the earliest examples of Beaux-Arts architecture in the United States, with design inspiration from the Petit Trianon at the Palace of Versailles. Jules Allard and Sons of Paris, first hired by the Vanderbilts to design some of the interiors for their Petit Chateau on Fifth Avenue in Manhattan, designed the French-inspired interiors of Marble House. The grounds were designed by landscape architect Ernest W.
Chateau Benares Chateau Benares Chateau Benares is an album by Sanjay Mishra, released in 2006. In "The Washington Post", Mike Joyce wrote, "Thanks in no small part to "Blue Incantation", a highly regarded collaboration with fellow guitarist Jerry Garcia released in 1995, Sanjay Mishra has developed a reputation for creating imaginative, cross-cultural soundscapes. "Chateau Benares", in which East again coalesces with West in ways that sometimes border on the hypnotic, follows suit... Whatever the album's commercial fate, Mishra's artistry and vision certainly deserve the exposure." All music composed and arranged by Sanjay Mishra, except "Oriental", composed by Enrique Granados (arranged by Mishra