Golden Era studioKnown as “The Castle,” this$10.8-million, 70,000-square-footfacility is where Scientologistsshoot a dozen educational andtraining films each year, alongwith other video features andpromotional productions.

Guest cottagesEx-members say Cruise stayed ina specially renovated cottage inthe late 1980s and early 1990swhile studying Scientology andundergoing training. A nearbyfield of wildflowers was plantedfor Cruise and Nicole Kidman toromp before their marriage in1990, ex-members say.

Staff apartmentsConstruction that began about adecade ago remains unfinishedon buildings designed to houseabout 1,000 of the church’s SeaOrganization members who staffthe Golden Era complex. Theycontinue to live in apartments inHemet.

Bonnie ViewThis $9.4-million structure wasbuilt as a home for whatScientologists believe will bethe late Hubbard’s eventualreturn, ex-members say. Thebuilding, which includes a lappool and movie theater, is amuseum that houses most ofHubbard’s belongings.

Management buildingThe $18.5-million buildinghouses upper-level managementoffices of the Church ofScientology International. Itincludes space for the ReligiousTechnology Center, which ownsthe lucrative Scientology andDianetics trademarks and isoverseen by Miscavige.

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The villasScientology’s ecclesiastical lead-er, David Miscavige, maintainedliving quarters in these renovatedbuildings left over from theresort. Miscavige’s accommoda-tions included furnishingscustom-made to his size andtastes, a former Scientologyinterior designer says.

Rebecca Perry Los Angeles Times

Source: Times reports

Photographs by Don Kelsen Los Angeles Times

Scientology’s inland empireOnce a haven for Hollywood moguls, a former resort near Hemet is now a major Church of Scientology base of operations. It includes international management offices, movie production facilities and a$9.4-million mansion that ex-members say was built for the expected return of the religion’s late founder, L. Ron Hubbard. In the last seven years, the church has poured at least $45 million into expandingthe facility, which each year produces 10 million DVDs and other training materials for Scientologists worldwide. Tom Cruise spent extensive time studying at the complex in the late 1980s and early 1990s.

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