Château Aurélien de Fréjus, Palladian villa in Fréjus, France.

Château Aurélien, now called villa Aurélienne, is a pale yellow neo-Palladian villa of 1,700 square metres on the Bellevue hill in Fréjus. Its south facade has two levels of six columns, a balustrade between them, serliana openings at each end and two white stone staircases. Inside are marble floors with Greek friezes, parquet and fruitwood marquetry.

James Hiscutt Crossman, heir to an English brewing family, commissioned the villa under the name Villa Crossman; architects Sylvain-Joseph Ravel and Henri Lacreusette finished it in 1887, with details and debts delaying completion to 1889. Seized and sold at auction in Draguignan, it passed to Marie-Lucie Valais, who hosted André Gide in 1896. Charles Cambefort bought it in 1913 and renamed it villa Aurélienne; his descendants sold it to Fréjus in 1988.

The name comes from the Via Aurelia, the Roman road that passed nearby, and the villa was first called Villa Crossman. Marie-Lucie Valais, owner from 1889, hung paintings on its walls and received André Gide there in 1896. Since 1988 the municipality has used it for cultural events, especially photography exhibitions.

The villa stands on the Bellevue hill northeast of the old town, between the Reyran valley and Valescure; the 24-hectare park is entered from the city side and holds the botanical garden and the remains of the Mons aqueduct. Paths climb, so allow time for the slope. The building itself is used for temporary exhibitions, and its restored 1994 stained glass by the Ducatez workshop of Salerne is inside.

The building drew inspiration directly from the Palazzo Chiericati in Vicenza, bringing Italian Renaissance architecture to the French Riviera during the late 1800s. This direct reference to one of Palladio's masterpieces makes it a rare example among late 19th-century French estates.