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The Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, also called Villa Île-de-France, is a French seaside villa located at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. Designed by the French architect Aaron Messiah , it was built between 1907 and 1912 by Baroness Béatrice de Rothschild (1864–1934).
The term French Riviera comes by analogy with the term Italian Riviera, which extends east of the French Riviera (from Ventimiglia to La Spezia). [13] As early as the 19th century, the British referred to the region as the Riviera or the French Riviera, usually referring to the eastern part of the coast, between Monaco and the Italian border. [14]
Villa La Leopolda in its current incarnation was designed and built from 1929 to 1931 by the American architect, Ogden Codman, Jr., on an estate once owned by King Leopold II of Belgium. Leopold had made the previous estate a present for his mistress Blanche Zélia Joséphine Delacroix , also known as Caroline Lacroix, and it derives its name ...
The façades and the interior layout were modified – while retaining the classic style – at this time by the French architect Marcel Guilgot. In 2005, through the Nice registered LM Holdings co-owners David Brown and Robert Shelter-Jones who purchased the Villa La Mauresque and later "ceded friendship" of the property to Firtash, Dmitry ...
The Château de la Croë in 2011 Overview of the villa and grounds. The Château de la Croë is a large detached villa situated in eight hectares of grounds on the Cap d'Antibes peninsula of the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), in the Alpes-Maritimes department of Southern France.
Why Nice: Nice caters to Leo’s love for glamour and the arts, set against the luxurious backdrop of the French Riviera. The city’s sunny beaches, luxury shopping, and vibrant arts scene offer ...
The Rothschild style, known as le goût Rothschild (French for 'the Rothschild taste'), describes a detailed, elaborate style of interior decoration during the nineteenth century. The Rothschild aesthetic and life-style later influenced other rich and powerful families, including the Astors , Vanderbilts and Rockefellers , and became hallmarks ...
Villefranche-sur-Mer (US: / ˌ v iː l (ə) ˈ f r ɒ̃ ʃ s ʊər ˈ m ɛər /, [3] French: [vilfʁɑ̃ʃ syʁ mɛʁ]; Occitan: Vilafranca de Mar [ˌvilɔˈfʀaŋkɔ de ˈmaʀ]; Italian: Villafranca Marittima [ˌvillaˈfraŋka maˈrittima]) is a resort town in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region on the French Riviera and is located southwest of the ...