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حكايات مجنونة خلف الفيلات الشهيرة
جنة حقيقية ، كوت دازور مشهورة على نطاق واسع كواحدة من أفخم الوجهات على وجه الأرض. لعقود من الزمان ، نزلت النخبة في العالم إلى الريفيرا الفرنسية ، مستوحاة من المناظر الخلابة للبحر الأبيض المتوسط بقدر ما تستلهم من الملوك والدبلوماسيين والممثلين والفنانين ورجال الأعمال الذين يحتكون هناك.
كان جنوب فرنسا بابًا دوارًا للأثرياء الفاحشين لأكثر من قرن. مع ازدياد ثرواتهم ، بنى الصناعيون والأمراء والمصرفيون قصورًا على طول البحر الأبيض المتوسط ، وعندما سقطوا في أوقات عصيبة - الطبقة الأرستقراطية الروسية أولاً ، ثم الأمريكيون بعد انهيار سوق الأسهم عام 1929 ، ثم الكثير من الطبقة العليا الأوروبية بعد الحرب العالمية الثانية - قاموا ببيعها للمحصول التالي من الأثرياء الجدد في العالم.
ستجد أدناه سلسلة من الإعلانات التشويقية القصيرة حول فيلات الريفيرا الفرنسية التي تحتوي على أروع القصص أو الجنون المرتبطة بها. كل رابط إلى مقال آخر مع القصة الكاملة والمزيد من الصور.
رولينج ستونز وفيلا نيلكوت في فيلفرانش سور مير
Built in 1899, this villa has gone down in history as a temple of rock’n’roll. The villa has a fascinating history, including a bit part in WW2. In 1971, Villa Nellcôte was the temporary residence of the Rolling Stones band members, rented by guitarist Keith Richards. Upstairs, a beautiful entourage socialized, often illicitly. In Nellcôte’s many-roomed basement, the Rolling Stones recorded material for what became their most storied album.
هنا القصة الكاملة للفجور تبع ذلك أثناء قيام فريق رولينج ستونز بالتسجيل في الفيلا ، ومن يملك الفيلا الشهيرة الآن.
King Leopold’s Villas
King Leopold II was obsessed with the French Riviera. After a few years of secretive purchasing, the king of Belgium found himself the owner of the whole of the west side of the Cap Ferrat –more than 50 hectares– closing off the land from the public with barbed wire.
He purchased many properties along the French Riviera including the Villa Radiana, the Villa Ibéria which is next to Les Cèdres, and the Villa Léopolda, which he bought as a gift for his teenage (prostitute) mistress. Her conspicuous consumption made her world-famous, and they married when he was 74. She inherited great wealth when he died only 5 days later.
Here’s the full, crazy story about the villas, Leopold, and the teenage prostitute-mistress he gifted them to.
Le Lepolda in Villefranche-sur-Mer
Once owned by King Leopold II of Belgium, this villa was later owned by Lily Safra, a woman suspected of killing two of her four extremely wealthy husbands, who hosted lavish parties at the villa. The publisher John Fairchild later wrote about one of the Safra’s parties in his book Chic Savages and described the occasion as “the ultimate in conspicuous consumption.” The president of the United States, Ronald Reagan, Frank Sinatra, Prince Charles, and Prince Rainier III visited the Safra’s at the villa.
Lily and Edmond Safra’s story is one that’s almost too crazy to believe. Here’s the whole crazy story about La Leopolda, lavish parties, murder in a Monaco penthouse, and a deadly scandal.
Les Cèdres in Cap Ferrat
King Leopold II set his mistress up at Les Cèdres: a golden prison with panoramic sea views lost in the midst of luxuriant vegetation. Blanche spent her days at Les Cèdres alone, waiting for her royal lover who forbade her to go out or to receive other visitors.
The villa was later owned by another King, the Grand Marnier company, and then sold to a criminal Ukranian oligarch as he was being investigated for murder, for €200 million (it had been on the market for €1 billion).
هنا the full story about Les Cèdres and its criminal owners.
فيلا Le Roc Fleuri لشون كونري في نيس
This villa was the longtime French Riviera home of actor Sean Connery. This six-story Belle Epoque villa (dating from 1928) is set in exquisite surroundings with views of the city of Nice and the sea. Connery purchased the mansion, known as Le Roc Fleuri, in 1970 and lived there for “a dozen or so years.”. It is still referred to as “Sean Connery’s house” by neighbors.
Connery was the first actor to portray James Bond, and this villa played a role in the actor’s final turn as James Bond, 1983’s لا تقل أبدا مرة أخرى، التي صورت في جميع أنحاء نيس وفي فيلفرانش وموناكو المجاورتين - حتى في الفيلا نفسها.
الدفع منشورنا عن فيلا شون كونري الشهيرة لمزيد من التفاصيل والفيديو والعديد من الصور الأخرى.
فيلا ليس روز بونو في Èze
استحوذ بونو ، المغني الرئيسي لـ U2 ، على العقار الفاخر في Èze مع عازف الجيتار الرئيسي للفرقة في عام 1993. كانت التكلفة المشاع في ذلك الوقت 3.8 مليون يورو فقط ، لأنها كانت بحاجة إلى الكثير من التجديدات. في الوقت الحاضر تبلغ قيمتها حوالي 20 مليون يورو. يُطلق على القصر الفاخر الوردي المكون من أربعة طوابق اسم Villa Les Rose ، وكان موقع الفيديو الخاص بأغنية U2's Electrical Storm.
بونو هو أيضًا جيران مع آدم كلايتون (عازف الباص في U2) ولاري مولين جونيور (عازف الدرامز في U2). انضموا إليه في الفيلا للتدرب في استوديو التسجيل الخاص به ، وللراحة والتمرن بين الحفلات الموسيقية. وبحسب ما ورد كان المعجبون يسجلون ويسربون بعض مساراتهم التي لم يتم إصدارها عندما ترتفع أصواتهم قليلاً.
تحقق من دليل لحياة بونو وفيلا في وحول Èze.
فيلا إفروسي دي روتشيلد في كاب فيرات
Banking heiress Beatrice Rothschild had this villa built in 1905, to celebrate her divorce from her cheating, gambling, lying ex-husband (Maurice Ephrussi), and to accommodate her ever-growing art collection. She made it into a hub for art of all kinds: literary parties, music, gatherings of art collectors, and riveting conversation.
Decorated with the treasures of the baroness’s collections, it is now open for visits and events. More than 5000 works of art are displayed, together with an impressive collection of furniture, lamps and carpets. The villa is most famous for its nine themed gardens.
In a deeply sexist move, the villa was renamed from Béatrice’s chosen name of ‘Ile de France’ to ‘Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild’, by the French association she donated the villa to upon her death. Beatrice’s horrible ex-husband’s name was added before hers, forever entwining their history in the public eye and unjustly giving him credit for a villa he had nothing to do with — in fact, he had never set foot in it!
الدفع دليلنا للفيلا، وحياة بياتريس غير العادية ، وكيفية الزيارة.
E-1027 & لو كوربوزييه في كاب مارتن
E-1027 is the kind of house that by now we may have seen before, but which no one but Eileen Gray could have dreamed of in 1926. Without any clue that she was creating a masterpiece years ahead of its time — Gray oversaw every detail of construction of the house.
Enter Le Corbusier, who often visited Eileen Gray and her partner at her seaside idyll. Whether he was or was not threatened by her talent, most scholars agree that he was obsessed with Gray and her triumphant E-1027. So much so that in 1938, after the bisexual Gray split with her partner and returned to loving women, Le Corbusier, with the consent of her erstwhile partner, took it upon himself to paint—some say defile—the interior walls with eight garish murals depicting charged lesbian imagery. To add insult to injury, he took photos of himself doing so, wearing nothing but his trademark glasses.
When she heard about this brazen act of disrespect, Gray was horrified and vowed never to return. At E-1027, the drama turned to tragedy. During World War II, Nazi soldiers looted the house and used it for target practice. In 1996, its morphine-addicted owner was murdered there. The villa was abandoned and left for dead, battered from disrepair, appropriated by squatters, junkies and drifters. Until…
اقرأ القصة الكاملة المجنونة عن علاقة لو كوربوزييه وإيلين جراي… وما حدث للممتلكات منذ ذلك الحين.
فيلات بيكاسو
Pablo Picasso bought Villa La Californie in Cannes in 1955 and lived there with his last wife until 1961, when they abandoned it because another building was built that blocked his sea view. It was here that the Spanish artist created his masterpiece ‘The Bay of Cannes’. After Villa La Californie, Pablo Picasso and his wife bought another villa, this time in Mougins, where Picasso lived for 12 years, until his death in 1973 at age 91.
هنا القصة الكاملة (والصور) لفيلات بيكاسو ، الوقت على الريفييرا، والأسطورة - والفوضى - التي تركها وراءه.
Santo Sospir in Cap Ferrat
Heiress socialite Francine Weisweiller was one of the prettiest, wealthiest, and most stylish women in Paris. The haute-bohemian villa Santo Sospir was built shortly after the war and was purchased by Francine’s husband Alex in 1946, as a prize for surviving the war. Alex spent most of his time in Paris living with his mistress, so Francine lived in the villa alone, and passed the time by throwing lively parties filled with celebrities and royalty.
Her friends and lovers, Jean Cocteau and his young boyfriend, arrived for what was to be a few days, and wound up staying there on and off for twelve years while he completed other commissions, including St. Pierre Chapel. Cocteau designed the Cartier ring with three colors of gold as a symbol of their threesome. Together, they became addicted to opium, and Cocteau ended up tattooing nearly all of the walls of the villa.
Here is the full story of villa Santo Sospir and the crazy events that transpired there.
Le Grande Jardin on Ile St Marguerite
Le Grande Jardin is the only private residence on the Lerins Islands. In 2008, it was purchased (via a bank loan which he defaulted on) by the Indian business magnate known as the “King of Good Times”. Since then, he has become a fugitive and is the subject of an extradition effort by the Indian Government to return him from the UK to face charges of financial crimes in India. It’s now owned by a hotel group who is renovating it and turning it into a luxury hotel and event space.
هنا القصة الكاملة عن هذا العقار المذهل والمحتال الذي اشتراها.
La Fleur Du Cap / Place David Niven in Cap Ferrat
A magnificent piece of architecture in a vibrant shade of candy-pink, La Fleur Du Cap was built in 1880 by the son of an arms dealer. This villa has had many famous occupants, including King Leopold III of Belgium, and his successor and nephew of Léopold II. It was then purchased by David Niven, the famous actor. Since at least 1999, it has been home to the parents of New Zealand-born billionaires who bought the house for their mom, as a gift in a heart-warming fairy-tale story.
هنا القصة الكاملة لهذه الفيلا، والأحزاب ينظر إليها ، والأشخاص الذين يملكونها.
Château de Napoule في l'Esterel
تم بناء Château de la Napoule في القرن الرابع عشر من قبل كونتيسة فيلنوف. على مر القرون أعيد بناؤها عدة مرات. في القرن التاسع عشر تحول إلى مصنع للزجاج. في عام 1918 ، تم شراؤها من قبل ممول الثقة الأمريكي ، هنري كلوز جونيور ، الذي قام بتجديده بأسلوبه الفريد.
نادرًا ما غادر آل كلوز عالم القصص الخيالية الذي أنشأوه في هذه القلعة. صمم هنري أزياء من العصور الوسطى ، ليس فقط لنفسه ولزوجته ماري ولكن أيضًا للخادمات والخادم السنغالي ، اللذان يرتدونه كل يوم. ملأوا القصر والحديقة بالطاووس وطيور النحام والطيور الغريبة الأخرى ، واستضافوا حفلات متقنة للمجتمع الأوروبي والمغتربين الأمريكيين. لقد أحبوا إقامة حفلات عشاء دراماتيكية ومتقنة بدا أنها خرجت مباشرة من فيلم هوليوود للضيوف المحيرين.
La Mauresque في كاب فيرات
Around 1900, the former missionary and chaplain to Belgum’s King Leopold II, Félix Charmettant, purchased a parcel of land on Cap Ferrat and had this villa constructed. In 1927, British novelist Somerset Maugham (who famously called the French Riviera a “sunny place for shady people” —a prescient remark, given the villa’s recent history) purchased the property. He was the wealthiest author of his time.
هذه الفيلا محاطة بالحدائق والتراسات ، وقد استقبلت قائمة طويلة من الكتاب والمشاهير. تم اعتبار دعوة قصر سومرست موغاوم على الغطاء بمثابة انقلاب من قبل مجتمع ريفييرا الراقي ، وجاء تدفق مستمر من الشخصيات البارزة للزيارة. مآثره في هذه الفيلا محفورة في التاريخ.
منذ ذلك الحين ، اشترى دميترو فيرتاش ، الأوليغارشي الأوكراني المقرب من فلاديمير بوتين ، الفيلا.
هنا الفولل، قصة لا تصدق لهذه الفيلا وأصحابها الفريدين.
قصر فقاعة بيير كاردان في Théoule-sur-Mer
Less of a crazy story and more of a crazy property, the Palais Bulles (“Bubble Palace”) was owned by Pierre Cardin, the Italian-born French fashion designer. He became the second owner of the house after the first died during construction. Over the years, Bubble Palace has hosted many swanky parties and events; MTV hosted James Bond’s birthday party, Dior held a fashion show, and Assouline published a book replete with beautiful pictures from the mansion and estate.
هنا المزيد من الصور والتفاصيل عن هذا القصر المجنون.
Villa Les Camélias في Cap d'Ail
No longer a private residence, this villa now a museum that It gives the public the opportunity to explore the Cap d’Ail archives – from the time the town’s incorporation in 1908 and throughout the 20عشر century.
Les Camélias’ mesmerizing garden level is dedicated entirely to the history of Cap d’Ail. Photos and other exhibits recall the lives of the people who lived in Cap d’Ail: most of the locals were Italian émigrés, but the international gentry wintered here too, followed by many celebrities from the world of arts, politics, and literature.
The museum tells us about the town’s “hôtels de passe” (short-stay brothels). At the well-known “Loup Blanc” sexual services were paid for using tokens stamped “bon pour le paradis”, meaning “ticket to paradise”.
