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Well hell….

What’s in this Manhattan townhouse you ask? Six bedrooms, five baths, a sauna, a gym, a rooftop terrace, and a 30-foot-long swimming pool in the living room, of course.

It’s holiday year-round at Evelyn McMurray Van-Zeller’s Kasbah-meets-Hollywood townhouse in New York’s Chelsea neighborhood. Evelyn inherited the place and its 30,000-gallon indoor swimming pool when her brother passed away in 1995, and she gave it a Moroccan-inspired look with antiques and medieval art.

The biggest hassle for her? Dusting off the antiques, medieval weapons, and the suit of armor she’s placed around the pool. And here we were thinking about the chlorine getting all over the furniture and “prized” art.

But the rest of the house has a lived-in vibe with comfy sectionals, a cozy library with wall-to-wall bookshelves and a handful of quirky objects throughout. Oh, and by the way there’s a second pool on the roof … for Evelyn’s pet turtles.