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about the Ancient Spanish Monastery in Miami, a monastery built in 1141 AD in Europe, imported piece-by-piece into the U.S. in 1925 by media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, making it the oldest European building in the Western Hemisphere.

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Fun Fact: about the “Ancient Spanish Monastery” in Miami, a monastery built in 1141 AD in Europe, imported piece-by-piece into the U.S. in 1925 by media tycoon William Randolph Hearst, making it the oldest European building in the Western Hemisphere.

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