Villa Cyrnos
Villa Cyrnos is a Belle Époque-style villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin on the Côte d'Azur in Southern France.
History
The villa, named after the ancient Greek for Corsica, was designed by Hans-Georg Tersling and built in 1892 for Eugénie de Montijo, wife of Napoleon III, Emperor of the French and the last Empress consort of the French.[1]
Elisabeth, Empress of Austria, became a regular guest at the villa.[1] Queen Victoria was another of Eugénie's friends and visited the villa annually.[2]
In 1920, the villa was inherited by Marie-Laetitia Bonaparte who, during her widowhood, maintained a scandalous relationship with Norberto Fischer, a military man twenty years her junior. As the sole heir in her will, he inherited the house in 1926 and lived there—since his 1928 marriage, with opera singer Vina Bovy—until his death in 1950. In 1960 Bovy sold the house.[3]
Villa Cypris
It is adjacent to Villa Cypris.[4]
References
- ^ a b Seward, Desmond (2004). Eugénie: The Empress and her Empire. Stroud: Sutton. p. 288. ISBN 0-7509-2979-0.
- ^ "Queen Victoria And The Riviera. A Memorable Anniversary". The Times. London. 12 April 1912. p. 5.
- ^ Florquin, Joos (1982). Ten huize van... (in Dutch). Leuven: Davidsfonds. p. 203. ISBN 978-90615237-27. (interview with Vina Bovy)
- ^ Bradley-Hole, Kathryn (2006). Villa Gardens of the Mediterranean. London: Aurum Press. p. 95. ISBN 1-84513-124-X.
External links
Media related to Villa Cyrnos at Wikimedia Commons