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Villa La Mauresque

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Villa La Mauresque is a villa on Cap Ferrat at Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat in the Alpes-Maritimes department of France, built around 1900 in Moorish style by the missionary Felix Charmettant on a four hectare parcel, with a classical layout arranged around a central patio with arcaded galleries. The writer Somerset Maugham bought the property in 1927 and hired the architects Henri Delmotte, Marcel Guilgot and Barry Dierks to strip away its original neo-oriental details and modernize the layout, keeping it as his main residence until his death in 1965. Lynn Wyatt acquired the villa in 1967, and the Ukrainian businessman Dmitry Firtash became its owner around 2005; classified as a protected cultural property since November 2008 and listed in France's General Inventory of Cultural Heritage, it remains a private residence. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/

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Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
LocationSourced to the subject's own account
Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France 2
Completed Year
1927 1
Classification
Standing Status
Standing 1
Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account
Villa 2
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1. Villa La Mauresque (Wikipedia)
  • en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_La_Mauresque, lead definition
    The villa La Mauresque is located in cap Ferrat (Alpes-Maritimes) and was remodeled in 1927 by Henri Delmotte, Marcel Guilgot, and the American architect Barry Dierks (1899-1960) to serve as the main residence of the British novelist Somerset Maugham.
  • Lead section
    The villa La Mauresque is located in cap Ferrat (Alpes-Maritimes) and was remodeled in 1927 by Henri Delmotte, Marcel Guilgot, and the American architect Barry Dierks (1899-1960) to serve as the main residence of the British novelist Somerset Maugham.
  • History
    In 1927, the author Somerset Maugham purchased the property and commissioned Henri Delmotte, Marcel Guilgot, and the young American architect Barry Dierks to eliminate the villa's original neo-oriental elements, to classicize the façades and patio, and to modernize the layout by creating a staircase. Villa La Mauresque became Maugham's main residence until his death in 1965.
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2. Villa La Mauresque (Wikidata)
Wikimedia Foundation
  • Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
    Wikidata item Q3558617, instance of (P31): villa
  • Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
    Wikidata item Q3558617, property P131/P17 (location): Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, France
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Wikidata: Villa La Mauresque
Wikidata Q3558617, class allow-list match (w-bbfill-artsarchag-0926 resolve_missing)View the Source
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