Villa Ker Souveraine, Art Deco and Neoclassical villa in Pornichet, France

Villa Ker Souveraine is an Art Deco and Neoclassical building in Pornichet featuring four mermaid sculptures on its white facade. The house spreads across multiple levels with diverse architectural elements and ornate decorative details throughout its rooms.

The house was built in 1925 by architects Georges Vachon and Adrien Grave, commissioned by Suzanne De La Noue. Entrepreneur Lucien Rosengart funded this grand coastal residence.

The villa is also called villa Rose or villa des Sirènes, after the four mermaids carved on its facade. In 1938 it passed to Senator Colombel, owner of the Urodonal pharmaceutical laboratories, who received friends there such as Léon Blum in 1939 and King Alfonso XIII of Spain. After the war his widow sold it to the De Carbon family, industrialists behind modern car shock absorbers, who had all the facade motifs painted pink.

The building is located on Boulevard des Océanides and is now divided into separate apartments while keeping its protected status. You can admire it from outside, though it is private residential space today.

The frieze decoration on the facade includes a mask that appears to reproduce the facial features of the original owner, Suzanne De La Noue. This personal touch shows how closely the building was tied to the person who lived there.