Villa Leopolda
The Villa Leopolda is a villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer on the French Côte d'Azur .
history
The villa was built in 1902 on behalf of the Belgian King Leopold II as a gift for his wife Caroline Delacroix.
In the 1950s the property was acquired by Giovanni Agnelli , who later sold it to Edmond Safra . After his death, the property went to his wife Lily Safra . The Russian billionaire Mikhail Prokhorov wanted to acquire from Lily Safra, the villa in 2008 but never paid the full purchase price. Roman Abramovich later expressed an interest in the property.
Buildings and facilities
The building is constructed in the Belle Époque style and encloses around 2,700 m² including the pavilions and ancillary buildings. On the property there is a swimming pool, a cypress avenue, olive groves and an eight hectare park, as well as a helipad. In 1948 the villa was the location for some scenes from the ballet film The Red Shoes . The building has been classified as a monument historique by the French authorities .
Today it is one of the most expensive mansions in the world, and its value is estimated at around 500 million US dollars.
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Down payment for luxury villa - Russian billionaire gambled away 39 million euros. SPIEGEL online, accessed on March 1, 2010 .
- ^ "Those Things Money Can Buy" Time . Retrieved March 16, 2010.
- ↑ Abramowitsch wants the most expensive house in the world ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (August 30, 2011)
- ↑ A fairy tale for 390 million euros (December 22, 2009)
- ^ Inventaire général du patrimoine culturel , accessed August 10, 2010
Coordinates: 43 ° 42 ′ 34 ″ N , 7 ° 19 ′ 16 ″ E