Villa & Jardins Ephrussi de Rothschild

By birth and then by marriage, Madame Beatrice Ephrussi, daughter of the famous banker Baron Alphonse de Rotschild, was to become one of the greatest collectors of her century. For the construction of the Villa between 1907 and 1912, she added the talents of all the experts and merchants, friends of the family ...Béatrice's father died in 1905 and the Baroness inherited his immense fortune. That same year, she decided to construct her dream home in Cap Ferrat. When she first discovered this plot of land, she was immediately seduced by the beauty of the surroundings. She made the Villa her winter residence and came here regularly for a period of ten or so years, till she retired in Switzerland because of tuberculosis where she passed away. Later The Académie des Beaux-Arts entrusted the management of the site to Culture spaces, which redeveloped the splendid gardens, respecting the original plan designed by Louis Marchand and restoring the Villa’s interior.

Nice

Did you know... that...   the city of Nice was... - founded by the greeks during the 5th BC ? - colonized by the romains during the 2nd BC ? - Italian until 1860 ? - the shelter of the largest English and Russian "tourist community" around 1900 ? - nowadays the capitale of the French Riviera ? Let's go around the city passing through the major places like "La Promenade des Anglais"and its beautiful buildings from la "Belle Époque" ; "La Coulée verte" and its beautiful gardens and fountains ; the old port ... vs...