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After Guiseppe died, Julia stayed on with her mother for awhile at Caprarola, then moved to Rome. For the rest of her life, the Palace was memorialized in her consistent use of purple in her clothing, derived from the gardens... figures and beasts from the Zodiac; highly animated, these creatures seem to be chasing one another in star-studded confrontation. After Guiseppe died, Julia stayed on with her mother for awhile at Caprarola, then moved to Rome. For the rest of her life, the Palace was memorialized in her consistent use of purple in her clothing, derived from the gardens, where flowers in the same color still bloom in profusion. I walked through banks of them recalling Julia's suits and dresses, brooches, hats, pocket books, handkerchiefs and stationery. "Christopher," she said, "purple began at Caprarola." My parents, Julia and her sister Alice on several occasions stayed at the Brazilian Court in Palm Beach concurrently. "You'll find her," said the front desk manager, "The Queen of Purple is with your mother!" When Guiseppe first brought Julia to Caprarola, he led her to what is called the Secret Garden, in the middle of which is a splendid villa, the Casino, sited up the hill above the Palace. Julia reminisces: HYLAND

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