Villa Ephrussi Rothschild
Helga design
The Rothschild family is a European family of German
Jewish origin that established European banking and finance houses from the late eighteenth century.
Between the port and the mainland in St Jean cap de
ferrat near Nice, the floridly beautiful Villa
Ephrussi de Rothschild bears witness to the
wealth and worldly flair of the baroness who built it,
Baroness Betrice de Rothschild – and she certainly put this villa
firmly on the map with her outrageous and
controversial style.
When you have a spectacular site of 7
hectares (17 acres) in the Mediterranean, the means
of a millionaire and the mind of a true aesthete how could you possibly settle for one garden?
Baroness Béatrice Ephrussi de Rothschild had travelled
extensively and seen different kinds of gardens around the world. So she
set her mind on creating all her favourite gardens to complement the dream palace she built on the peninsula of Cap Ferrat
about 10 kilometres to the east of Nice.
Precious artworks, tapestries, and
furniture adorn the salons—in typical
Rothschildian fashion, each is given over to a different 18th-
century “époque.” Upstairs are the
private apartments of Madame la
Baronne, which can only be seen on a guided tour offered around
noon.
Great Coat of ArmsOf
Rothschild family
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