Villa Kerylos is a house in the Ancient Greek Revival style in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, on the French Riviera, built between 1902 and 1908 for the archaeologist Theodore Reinach and his wife Fanny Kann. The architect Emmanuel Pontremoli designed it as a reconstruction of an ancient Greek noble house, drawing on the remains of houses excavated on the island of Delos and arranged around a central peristyle courtyard, with further touches recalling Rome, Pompeii, and Egypt. Its name comes from the Greek word for halcyon or kingfisher, a bird associated with good fortune in Greek mythology. Reinach left the villa to the Institut de France on his death in 1928, and it has been protected as a monument historique since 1966 and is now open to the public as a museum. 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 Type LocationSourced to the subject's own accountBeaulieu-sur-Mer, France 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
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1. Villa Kerylos (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_Kerylos, lead definition
Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, is a house in Ancient Greek Revival style built in the early 1900s by French architect Emmanuel Pontremoli.
standing status determination
Reinach left the villa to the Institut de France on his death in 1928, and it has been protected as a monument historique since 1966 and is now open to the public as a museum.
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Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, is a house in Ancient Greek Revival style built in the early 1900s by French architect Emmanuel Pontremoli. It has been listed since 1966 as a monument historique by the French Ministry of Culture.
A Greek word, kerylos means halcyon or kingfisher, which in Greek mythology was considered a bird of good omen.
In Style: Greek Revival Architecture, Introduction
Villa Kerylos in Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France, is a house in Ancient Greek Revival style built in the early 1900s by French architect Emmanuel Pontremoli.
View the Source2. Villa Kerylos (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1908)
Wikidata item Q3558616, property P571: 1908
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
Wikidata item Q3558616, property P131/P17 (location): Beaulieu-sur-Mer, France
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