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Oil magnate J. Paul Getty used some of his vast wealth to amass an incredible art and antiquities collection. In the early 70s, he had a Romanesque villa constructed next to his house to be a permanent museum for his collection. The Getty Villa, modeled after the partially excavated Villa dei Papiri in Italy, became the home of the J. Paul Getty Museum in 1974. After a nine-year, $275 million renovation and expansion the J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Villa has re-opened as home to the Museum’s Antiquities Collection. In terms of pure grandeur, it puts most other art museums to shame. Only the Huntington Library & Gardens can rival the Getty Villa for the sheer beauty of its grounds and buildings. Perched atop a small hill overlooking Pacific Coast Highway and the ocean, the Getty Villa sits in all its elegance like some grand Roman villa of old. http://www.getty.edu/visit/) In this location, I used the Nikon D40 and the Nikon AF-S 18-70 DX. The lens came through as with the San Juan Capistrano shoot.