The Château Vallombrosa, or Palais du duc de Vallombrosa, is recognizable by its nine crenellated towers and pink gneiss walls that rise above the landscape near the Croix des Gardes. Originally built between eighteen fifty-two and…
Belle Epoque Winter Villas
I designed this walk to guide you past the highly visible, lavish 19th-century estates of Cannes' western English Quarter, from Gothic châteaux to the historic villa that started it all.
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1. Palais du duc Vallombrosa
2. Villa Victoria
Villa Victoria is a residence built in the fifteen-fifties that stands as a landmark of the early British migration to Cannes. Designed by the English architect Thomas Smith, it follows the rustic English style of the fifteenth century, a…
3. Médiathèque Noailles
The Médiathèque Noailles is recognizable by its grand neoclassical façade, which stands as a remnant of nineteenth-century luxury in Cannes. Built in eighteen eighty-one, this five-story residence was originally the Villa Rothschild,…
4. 24 Av. du Dr Raymond Picaud
Number twenty-four Avenue du Docteur Raymond Picaud is a residential building positioned along a coastal route in Cannes. The structure is distinguished by its placement in a quiet stretch of the Pierre Longue area, set apart from the…
5. House Architecture Villa Romée
The Villa Romée stands out for its structural cross shape, where a three-story building intersects with a single-story wing. Designed by architects Georges-Henri Pingusson and Paul Furiet and completed in nineteen twenty-eight, the house…
6. Villa Belle Rive
Villa Belle Rive stands as a sprawling, century-old property along the coast in Cannes La Bocca, easily identified by the expansive, tree-filled garden that stretches toward the Mediterranean Sea. Constructed in eighteen sixty-three, the…
7. Conservatory De Cannes
The Conservatoire à rayonnement départemental de Cannes occupies the Château Font-de-Veyre, a building identified by its history as the former Villa Allegria. Situated on the avenue du Docteur-Raymond-Picaud, this institution serves as a…