{"id":98,"date":"2013-07-11T10:05:56","date_gmt":"2013-07-11T09:05:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/?p=98"},"modified":"2013-07-15T13:59:25","modified_gmt":"2013-07-15T12:59:25","slug":"mythical-villas-on-the-french-riviera-palais-maeterlinck","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/en\/mythical-villas-on-the-french-riviera-palais-maeterlinck\/","title":{"rendered":"Mythical villas on the French Riviera: Palais Maeterlinck"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">French Riviera hides a lot of <b>exceptional villas<\/b>, focusing attention and causing envy. Some are ancients, others just renewed, and they host sometimes <b>museums<\/b>, sometimes <b>residences with untouchable luxury<\/b>. Let\u2019s dive through those <b>mythical buildings of French Riviera<\/b> and succumb to the temptation of renting via Cap Riviera, your luxury real estate, a <a title=\"Luxury real estate\" href=\"http:\/\/www.capriviera.com\/\" target=\"_blank\"><b>villa Cote d Azur<\/b><\/a> amongst an upscale choice.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-99\" alt=\"Saint Tropez V 31 1\" src=\"http:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Tropez-V-31-1.jpg\" width=\"800\" height=\"520\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Tropez-V-31-1.jpg 800w, https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Tropez-V-31-1-300x195.jpg 300w, https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Saint-Tropez-V-31-1-624x405.jpg 624w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 800px) 100vw, 800px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The most famous luxury construction in the French Riviera, residentially oriented, is the <b><i>Palais Maeterlinck<\/i><\/b>. Situated at the tip of cape of Nice, this building <b>went through many vicissitudes<\/b>,<img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-100 alignright\" alt=\"Maeterlink 4\" src=\"http:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-4.jpg\" width=\"340\" height=\"148\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-4.jpg 340w, https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-4-300x130.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 340px) 100vw, 340px\" \/>starting with the first project of three architects for an English man, but stopping right at its beginning, in 1913. In 1920, the count de Mill\u00e9ant\u2019s project had to halt to: he wanted to build a <b>rival casino of those of Monte-Carlo<\/b> but, but since 1928, Nice launched its <i>Palais de la M\u00e9diterran\u00e9e<\/i>. After this second miss, Belgium writer Maurice Maeterlinck bought and ended the construction work of the villa. He <img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"alignleft size-full wp-image-106\" alt=\"Maeterlink 5\" src=\"http:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-5.jpg\" width=\"91\" height=\"178\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-5.jpg 161w, https:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-5-153x300.jpg 153w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 91px) 100vw, 91px\" \/>named it <b>Orlamonde<\/b> and, with the help of his ni\u00e7oise wife Ren\u00e9e Dahon, organized there the <b>sumptuous parties<\/b> that gave the domain its international renown.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The tumultuous story doesn\u2019t stop here, unfortunately, for the residence already well-known as the <i>Palais Maeterlinck<\/i>. Indeed, the domain is <b>ravaged during World War II<\/b>, plundered and squatted as the owners are in the USA. They came back and lived in this place until each death, in 1949 for Maurice Maeterlinck, in 1969 for Ren\u00e9e Dahon. Till 1983, the house is abandoned then <b>rehabilitated in several apartments<\/b>, under the will of the heir.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Between 1987 and 1990, the palace changed again of owner. Henri-Ferdinand Lavanchy pursued the dream of making an <b>unrivalled luxury hostel residence<\/b>. His success participated also at the place renown. Yet, once again, the marvelous palate is abandoned in 2008.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-101\" alt=\"Maeterlink 3\" src=\"http:\/\/www.french-riviera-luxury-properties.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/07\/Maeterlink-3.jpg\" width=\"290\" height=\"174\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">The <b>last reborn<\/b> of this mythical residence is very recent. Radovan Vitek acquired the property in June 2012 and just shows up <b>the renewed splendor of the <i>Palais Maeterlinck<\/i><\/b> in May 2013, after construction work that is said that it cost as much as the domain\u2019 buying.<\/p>\n<p><\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>French Riviera hides a lot of exceptional villas, focusing attention and causing envy. Some are ancients, others just renewed, and they host sometimes museums, sometimes residences with untouchable luxury. 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