Chateau Saint Jean Cap Ferrat

It was at the beginning of the Presqu’ile de Saint Hospice that the Italian-German banker Carlo Wedekind chose to build a castle to his name in 1899. In the middle of a 10,000m² piece of land, the architect Charles Bermond created a magnificent demeure of a Venetian neogothic style, with a richly decorated façade. A vast hall of 200m² which is lightened by a canopy, painted ceilings, pillars and marble stair cases with wonderful sculptures, a bathroom with a huge bathtub of 1.60 metres deep and three meters long, with large windows decoration with stained glass, all gave an aspect of a truly spectacular demure. Decorated with an artificial lake, a park planted with luxurious vegetation, falling on to a private port with a garage for boats with an apartment for staff built above.

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