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The era of post-war elegance belonged to Greek shipowners who scooped up surplus wartime cargo fleet for a song.
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, Mariano and Rita Pane, a family of Sorrento shipowners, bought Waldorf Astor’s 1905 neoclassical villa in Sorrento, preserving its English-style tropical gardens, Roman sculptures, and frescoes.
—airmail.news, 6 July 2024
The state of Maryland could still seek money from the shipowner to rebuild the state bridge, which is estimated to cost billions of dollars.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Whoever commissioned the statue must have been wealthy, presumably a shipowner or merchant, and was keen to display that wealth.
—Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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Tristan Rutherford, Robb Report, 3 Jan. 2025
In the 1970s, Mariano and Rita Pane, a family of Sorrento shipowners, bought Waldorf Astor’s 1905 neoclassical villa in Sorrento, preserving its English-style tropical gardens, Roman sculptures, and frescoes.
—airmail.news, 6 July 2024
The state of Maryland could still seek money from the shipowner to rebuild the state bridge, which is estimated to cost billions of dollars.
—Bart Jansen, USA TODAY, 18 Sep. 2024
Whoever commissioned the statue must have been wealthy, presumably a shipowner or merchant, and was keen to display that wealth.
—Jo Marchant, Smithsonian Magazine, 25 June 2024
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“Shipowner.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shipowner. Accessed 18 Jan. 2025.
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