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This article originally appeared in the August 2008 issue of Architectural Digest. On a promontory high above the Aegean of legend, south of the old port town of Bodrum (itself celebrated as the site of one of the Seven Wonders of the Ancient World, the monumental Mausoleum of Mausolus), the Turkish shopping-mall magnate Rifat Hassan has built himself one humongous summer house.
This article originally appeared in the November 2009 issue of Architectural Digest. Any city whose center is made up of a vast, flamboyant casino flanked by grand, fortresslike hotels is bound to intrigue. A Mediterranean harbor bobbing with extravagant yachts and a princely palace on the skyline give you a few more clues to your whereabouts. Then, as the roulette wheels begin to hum, you realize this can only be one place: Monte Carlo.
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