Mark buys a castle

马克买下了一座城堡

Mark Zuckerberg just bought a cozy abode close to Meta’s international headquarters in Ireland. By cozy abode, we mean a castle. 马克·扎克伯格刚刚在爱尔兰 Meta 国际总部附近买下了一处“舒适的住所”。我们所说的“舒适住所”，其实是一座城堡。

Zuck bought the 19th-century Strancally Castle and its 440-acre grounds, an estate estimated to have cost him anywhere from $23 million to $35 million. 扎克伯格买下了这座 19 世纪的斯特兰卡利城堡（Strancally Castle）及其 440 英亩的土地，据估计，这笔房产交易的成本在 2300 万至 3500 万美元之间。

“Mark and his family are excited to continue caring for this historic home and look forward to spending time in Ireland, where Meta maintains its international headquarters,” a spokesperson told the press about the purchase. We’ve reached out to Meta for further comment. 一位发言人在谈到此次收购时向媒体表示：“马克和他的家人很高兴能继续照料这座历史悠久的住宅，并期待在爱尔兰度过时光，Meta 的国际总部就设在那里。”我们已联系 Meta 寻求进一步评论。

The home is stunning: It sits on a river, surrounded by greenery, and the Irish Times reported in 2001 that it has at least 11 bedrooms, four tower suites, a library, a dining room, and a drawing room. 这座住宅令人惊叹：它坐落于河畔，绿意环绕。据《爱尔兰时报》2001 年的报道，它至少拥有 11 间卧室、4 间塔楼套房、一间图书馆、一间餐厅和一间客厅。

Zuck bought the castle from a financier who’d lived there with his family for 25 years. 扎克伯格从一位金融家手中买下了这座城堡，该金融家此前已与家人在那里居住了 25 年。

Meta’s international headquarters is in Dublin, where the company opened a 31,000-square-foot data center in 2017, just 20 minutes from the city. Waterford, where Zuck’s new castle is, is about a two-hour drive from Dublin. Meta 的国际总部位于都柏林，该公司于 2017 年在距离市区仅 20 分钟路程的地方开设了一个 31,000 平方英尺的数据中心。扎克伯格新城堡所在的沃特福德（Waterford）距离都柏林约有两小时车程。

This isn’t Zuck’s first big real estate purchase this year. He and his wife also reportedly splashed out $170 million for a home in the same exclusive Miami neighborhood as Jeff Bezos, joining a slew of tech billionaires leaving California as the state seeks to implement a form of wealth tax. 这并不是扎克伯格今年第一次进行大型房地产收购。据报道，他和妻子还斥资 1.7 亿美元在迈阿密购买了一处住宅，与杰夫·贝索斯住在同一个高档社区。随着加利福尼亚州寻求实施某种形式的财富税，扎克伯格也加入了众多离开加州的科技亿万富翁行列。