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Listen: The Gospel ProgramWestern wall of the John Ringling mansion, Ca'd'Zan, in Sarasota, Florida.
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Service industries--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Tourism--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Attractions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Public institutions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Museums--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Architecture, Domestic--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Mansions--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
Dwellings--Florida--Sarasota County--Sarasota
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In 1936, John Ringling willed his priceless collections of art, housed in the John and Mabel Ringling Museum of Art, as well as his home, Ca'd'Zan, to the State of Florida. The state later added the Asolo Theater and the Museum of the Circus to the complex. Ca'd'Zan, fashioned in 1925-6 with a price tag of $1.5 million, is a Venetian Gothic palazzo. The Museum of Art, with three galleries and a raised bridge enclosing formal gardens, is dominated by 17th century Baroque art. It is said to be the most significant art museum in the southern U.S.
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