"The three-story fortress, surrounded by towering walls, has a 55-x-27.5-foot living room, 27.5-x-41-foot kitchen, breakfast area with warming oven and bay windows overlooking gardens, and a 22-x-22-foot banquet room, separated from the kitchen by a butler's pantry."
"The mansion was completed in 1981, reportedly to the Shah's specifications, by a woman contractor who owned the land. A businesswoman with dual American and Mexican citizenship, she became friends, she said, with the Shah after he fled Iran in 1979 and settled for four months in Mexico."
"The Shah apparently intended to return to Mexico when he left the country for medical treatment in October, 1979, but the Mexican government refused to approve his re-entry. He died in Egypt in July, 1980."
A three-story fortress mansion in Cuernavaca, Mexico, reportedly built for the Shah of Iran, is listed for $800,000. The property features seven bedrooms, 8.5 bathrooms, and expansive rooms including a 55-by-27.5-foot living room, a 27.5-by-41-foot kitchen, and a 22-by-22-foot banquet room. Additional amenities include seven fireplaces, a 41-by-14-foot terrace with spa facilities, and an outdoor pool. Completed in 1981, the mansion was built by an American-Mexican businesswoman contractor who befriended the Shah after he fled Iran in 1979. The Shah requested the construction while leasing from her but never returned to occupy it after leaving Mexico for medical treatment, as the Mexican government denied his re-entry. He died in Egypt in 1980.
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