Villa La Leopolda is a large villa on the French Riviera at Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes, standing on an estate of about 7.3 hectares that once belonged to King Leopold II of Belgium, from whom it takes its name. It was built between 1929 and 1931 by the American architect Ogden Codman Jr, who designed it in a neo-Palladian style evoking the Belle Epoque. Later owners included Fiat president Gianni Agnelli and his wife Marella and the Canadian philanthropist Dorothy J. Killam, and the Lebanese-Brazilian banker Edmond Safra and his wife Lily Safra bought the property in 1987. Lily Safra, the last of the couple, died in 2022, and the villa has remained in Safra family ownership. This description is adapted from Wikipedia contributors under CC BY-SA 4.0; changes were made. https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/4.0/
Facts
Building TypeSourced to the subject's own account LocationSourced to the subject's own accountVillefranche-sur-Mer, France 2 Completed YearSourced to the subject's own account Classification
Standing Status Building Type
Building Type (category)Sourced to the subject's own account Connections
Has Building Type
Entity-backed identity for the building-type enum value this building already carries, resolved to an architecture concept by an explicit value-to-entity map (phase 3 bucket conversion, docs\design_entity_backed_browse_buckets_20260928.md). The building-type fact itself stays on the building unchanged.
In the Other Atlases
- Also in Geography Atlas: France, located there.
Sources
1. Villa La Leopolda (Wikipedia)
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Villa_La_Léopolda, lead definition
The Villa La Léopolda is a large detached villa in Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes department on the French Riviera.
Entity description and the lead/infobox of the Wikipedia article
Villa La Leopolda is a large villa on the French Riviera at Villefranche-sur-Mer, in the Alpes-Maritimes, standing on an estate of about 7.3 hectares that once belonged to King Leopold II of Belgium, from whom it takes its name. It was built between 1929 and 1931 by the American architect Ogden Codman Jr, who designed it in a neo-Palladian style evoking the Belle Epoque. Later owners included Fiat president Gianni Agnelli and his wife Marella and the Canadian philanthropist Dorothy J. Killam, and the Lebanese-Brazilian banker Edmond Safra and his wife Lily Safra bought the property in 1987. Lily Safra, the last of the couple, died in 2022, and the villa has remained in Safra family ownership.
View the Source2. Villa La Leopolda (Wikidata)
Wikimedia FoundationWikidata date-of-opening/inception statement (1902)
Wikidata item Q1495042, property P571: 1902
Wikidata instance-of (P31) statement (Villa)
Wikidata item Q1495042, instance of (P31): villa
Wikidata located-in-admin-entity (P131) / country (P17) statement: Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
Wikidata item Q1495042, property P131/P17 (location): Villefranche-sur-Mer, France
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