Swimming pool introduction: Hemingway had always planned to build a swimming pool in this house, so Palin personally supervised the work and spent $20,000 (equivalent to $250,000 today) to build a swimming pool in the courtyard as a A surprise for Hemingway who returned from fighting in the Spanish Civil War.
Because Paline's uncle had only spent eight thousand dollars to buy the entire courtyard, so after Hemingway heard about the high cost, he took out a penny from his pocket and said to Paline in a half-joking tone. Said: "Take it, this is my last penny!" Then the coin was embedded in the cement floor that was not dry next to the swimming pool, becoming a permanent memorial and one of many anecdotes of Hemingway.

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