26-August-2026

Versailles · USARE: A Public House Above, A Private Circle BelowThe Palladium Circle is being shaped in Versailles, Kentucky, over fifteen years of deliberate stages. The estate aboveground; the table known as The Horseshoe culinary theatre, the rooms composed as an oversized chessboard with guest quarters arranged like chesspieces mid‑play in The Blue Gambit, echoing the iconic 90s match when machine outmaneuvered master, and the gentle public house kept as a common area, will one day open to all who wish to step inside.For now, it is not open.
There is no membership.
There is nothing to book.Below the earth lies the private heart of the project: twenty‑eight climate‑controlled garage vaults, two‑car maximum, each paired with a 007‑encoded bunker‑proof study; a “man cave” in its most literal sense, for the safekeeping of artwork and treasured book collections. Not a residence. These vault chambers are reserved for the Sun & Moon Society, a circle of twenty‑eight individuals worldwide.This is the only membership within The Palladium Circle, and Versailles is the only estate.The Horseshoe and The Blue Gambit appear first in ink, long before their doors open.

— Michele Carandang