As a young girl in North Kingstown, R.I. Pike Powers knew that her state was special. Raised in the Catholic Church, with the towns of Jerusalem and Galilee just miles away, and the fishing town of Point Judith just down the road, it wasn’t until she was almost 10 years old that she realized that Jesus wasn’t actually born in Rhode Island.

Growing up as an artist in Rhode Island was exciting for Pike. The combination of landscapes, the changing of the seasons and the beauty of the oceans meant that there was always something new to explore. Her father was an engineer, but wasn’t in her life for long. Her stepfather was a postal clerk, and her mother a homemaker.

Nature had much to do with molding Pike’s view as a youth. It is a view that Florida has helped to renew, leaving her more open to nature, to poetry, and to her own spiritual aspect.

The Appia Residences are located in the original historical buildings in the immediate vicinity of the Prague Castle, Charles Bridge and a whole range of significant historical sights. The residential suites are set into the picturesque quarter Lesser Side (Malá Strana) which is for its priceless historical value a highly treasured jewel and the most frequent destination of tourists from all over the world.

The Appia Residences are situated in a quiet zone with minimal traffic, in the immediate neighbourhood of the German and American Embassies.

The suites have recently undergone a costly, very favourable, architectonically sensitive reconstruction which succeeded not only in maintaining the authentic character of the houses in the Lesser Side (Malá Strana), but also in solving the problems with parking.

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