Casa Casuarina

The Versace Mansion — mosaic pool, million-dollar restoration, ocean out front.

Miami Beach, FL 33139

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Community memory · 1930–today · Aug 7, 2026

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Alden Freeman built this Mediterranean Revival house in 1930, calling it Casa Casuarina and modeling parts of it on the Alcázar de Colón in Santo Domingo. Gianni Versace bought it in 1992 and added the mosaic pool with 24-karat gold tiles. On the morning of July 15, 1997, Versace was shot on the front steps returning from buying magazines. It is now a hotel.

Source: The Villa Casa Casuarina, official property history and hotel website; BBC News, retrospective reporting on Gianni Versace's murder (2017)

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