Emanoel Araujo, a sculptor from Bahia, lives in a splendid apartment surrounded by contemporary folk art.
On the forecourt of his splendid hacienda, surrounded by his family's 10,000 acres of land, he says of his niece's putative deal-making: "It's disgraceful and any government that emerges from it won't last six months.
The historian Ibn Hammad described the palace buildings as high and splendid structures surrounded by gardens and waters.
The Princes, Marquesses, and Counts of Sicily still living in their houses dwell in splendid isolation, surrounded often by beauty and decay.
SOCHI, RUSSIA — As the splendid natural amphitheater surrounding the future Olympic downhill course high above the Russian city of Sochi, the Caucasus Mountains are mystically rugged, yet breathtaking beautiful.
Sometimes in old age, as I did 50 years ago, I stroll down to the town, walk along the riverside, cross the bridge and climb up to the ruins - a splendid viewpoint for the surrounding fells.
Today he lives in a splendid timber house surrounded by beautiful grounds, right above Yerevan's football stadium.
Situated on a splendid Mediterranean harbor, surrounded by hills and blessed with an average 300 days of sunshine, a variety of museums, great restaurants and a vital, multicultural population, it has just about everything a visitor could ask for.
The must-see food producers are in the surrounding countryside, but the splendid monuments of Parma are worth a day's sightseeing, too.
A cheaper but no less splendid way of seeing Seattle and the surrounding mountains is to climb aboard one of the many state ferries, which travel to nearby Bainbridge Island from Pier 52 downtown.
