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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 villa La Mauresque is located in cap Ferrat (Alpes-Maritimes) and was remodeled in 1927 by Henri Delmotte, Marcel Guilgot, and the American architect Barry Dierks (1899–1960) to serve as the main residence of the British novelist Somerset Maugham. Surrounded by gardens and terraces, this villa has received numerous writers and celebrities.
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 ...
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat also has a small port of fish. Another Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat's source of income is the hotel industry and the real estate sector, which is dynamic in the region. In 2012 Cap Ferrat was named as the second most expensive residential location in the world after Monaco. [9]
Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, 2008. The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat, A Four Seasons Hotel is a famous five star luxury resort hotel, in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat on the French Riviera. The hotel obtained the "Palace de France" distinction, granted by the government for its excellence in service in 2011.
Nearly 1,000 homes in informal settlements in Cape Town, South Africa, have been destroyed by gale-force winds, displacing around 4,000 people, authorities and an aid organization said as the city ...
Cap Ferrat viewed from Plateau Saint-Michel View from Villefranche-sur-Mer to Cap Ferrat. Cap Ferrat (pronounced [kap fɛʁa]; English: Cape Ferrat) is a cape situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat. Hospitius lived there as a recluse during the 6th century. Thus ...
La Fleur du Cap, originally known as Villa Socoglio, is a house on the waterfront in Cap Ferrat, on the French Riviera. The house was built in 1880 as Villa Socoglio by the son of an arms dealer. [1] It was later home to the Duchess of Marlborough, King Leopold III, Charlie Chaplin and David Niven. [1]