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A most unlikely relic is the distorted steering wheel of racing speedboat Miss
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The leper's room is where D'Annunzio's wake was held upon his death. Its name comes from the fact that d'Annunzio felt that he was being spurned by the government due to their continued efforts to keep him in
Gardone, rather than possibly in the limelight in Rome.
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The circular structure is situated on the highest point on the estate. It contains the remains of men who served D'Annunzio and died during the Fiume period, and d'Annunzio himself.
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for inspiration. Its location, like the other buildings of the
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was hauled up the hill and placed in the woods behind the house, and the property was expanded by acquisition of surrounding lands and buildings.
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