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In the late 1890s, a former banker, Eugene Thomas, built the imposing villa fronted with marble Ionic columns. Originally it bore the name of Château Amicitia.In 1919, the villa, since renamed Villa Nellcôte, was acquired by the Bordes family, famous shipowners specialising in the transport of sodium nitrate between Chile and France.
According to ethnologist Éva Pócs, the word vila also appears in the Serbian and Croatian words vilovnjak, vilenjak, vilenica, vilaš - all referring to a type of "fairy magician", people who, as per historical and folkloric records, were given powers by the vilas ("fairies").
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Templar establishments in Europe. Templar fortress of Paris, now destroyed. Commandry of Coulommiers, France [6] Commandry of Avalleur, in Bar-sur-Seine [7] Commandry of Saint-Blaise, Hyères [8] La Rochelle, Charente Maritime, France [1] Chapelle des Templiers de Metz - 12th-century Gothic chapel with octagonal plan and various paintings. [9]
Vincent van Gogh's painting, "Self Portrait with a Straw Hat," is displayed at "Vincent van Gogh: The Drawings" during a press preview at the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City in 2005.
The Harvey M. Vaile Mansion was designed by Kansas City architect Asa Beebe Cross (1826–1894) [9] in the Second Empire style; its design was reportedly inspired by a large house visited by Vaile and his wife in Normandy.