Maison Bel-Air, Historical house in Le Tampon, Reunion Island, France

Maison Bel-Air is a two-storey Creole house at 23 rue Kervéguen in Le Tampon, built around 1908. Its white facade carries two levels of covered verandas, each with four square-capital columns and white railings, and four shuttered openings behind them. A wide hipped roof of weathered brown shingles tops the building, which rests on a low dark stone base reached by shallow steps.

Built around 1908 for the industrialist Robert Le Coat de Kerveguen as a residence for his mistress, Mademoiselle Deverne, an actress at the Comédie-Française. In 1968 it served as a filming location for François Truffaut's film La Sirène du Mississipi. The facades, roofs and garden were listed on the supplementary inventory of historic monuments on 13 September 1984.

The house was built around 1908 for the industrialist Robert Le Coat de Kerveguen as a residence for his mistress, Mademoiselle Deverne, an actress at the Comédie-Française. In 1968 François Truffaut filmed La Sirène du Mississipi there. Since then it has housed the honorary consulate of the Seychelles in La Réunion.

The house stands at 23, rue Kervéguen in Le Tampon, in the island's south-west. The heritage listing of 13 September 1984 covers the facades, the roofs and the garden, so the grounds are part of the protected ensemble. It now houses the honorary consulate of the Seychelles, so visits are not a regular public offer; check access before going.

The house was built around 1908 for industrialist Robert Le Coat de Kerveguen as a residence for his mistress, Mademoiselle Deverne, an actress at the Comédie-Française. In 1968 François Truffaut filmed La Sirène du Mississipi there, with Jean-Paul Belmondo and Catherine Deneuve. Since 13 September 1984 the facades, roofs and garden have been listed as a monument historique inscrit.