Do you know the address? claritin retail price The Prince Regent took folly construction to new heights (and lengths) when he commissioned the Brighton Pavilion, but for me one of the finest follies of all is that built in the 18th century by the fourth Earl of Dunmore at Dunmore near Falkirk. It is a pavilion – a summerhouse with a portico. Nothing particularly remarkable in that, except that above the portico is a windowed tower topped by a vast pineapple, which forms the entire roof. Originally used as a symbol of wealth and prosperity, stone or lead pineapples were often employed as finials on gateposts, but this particular tropical fruit is the largest example I know.
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