Villa La Vigie, Mediterranean villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.
The three-story Villa La Vigie stands on Pointe de la Veille, facing the Mediterranean Sea with its distinct neo-Gothic architectural design and pink facade.
Sir William Ingram, owner of The Illustrated London News, constructed the villa in 1902, which later became home to fashion designer Karl Lagerfeld in the 1980s.
The villa served as a meeting point for notable figures including Winston Churchill, Aristotle Onassis, and Princess of Pless throughout the twentieth century.
The 6,000-square-foot property contains seven bedrooms, multiple bathrooms, a grand dining room, and an infinity pool split by a bridge overlooking the sea.
Karl Lagerfeld invested 14 million dollars to renovate the property, creating a staircase based on Château de Saint-Cloud and transforming the ground floor into a photography studio.
Location: Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
GPS coordinates: 43.75130,7.44516
Latest update: June 23, 2025 09:42
Between the ramparts of the old town and the pines of Cap d'Antibes, this seaside resort on the French Riviera preserves an architectural heritage spanning eight centuries. Grimaldi Castle, a 12th-century fortress turned Picasso’s first museum in 1946, overlooks the seafront from Place du Safranier. Further south, Fort Carré stands with its four bastions on a 26-meter-high (85 ft) rocky promontory, built in 1565 to defend the border between France and the Duchy of Savoy. Cap d'Antibes features about twenty residences built from the late 19th century through the interwar period. Villa Eilenroc (1867) covers 27 acres with French-style gardens and a rose garden facing the sea. Château de la Croë (1927) once hosted the Duke of Windsor and is now a private estate. Notable visitors included Anatole France, who resided in Villa Soleil, and Karl Lagerfeld in the 1990s. Villa Thuret, established in 1857 by botanist Gustave Thuret, currently hosts a research garden of the INRAE with 2,500 plant species suited to Mediterranean conditions. Modernist architecture is represented by Villa Aujourd'hui (1938), a rare example of geometric design from the 1930s on the Côte d'Azur.
Villa E-1027
1.7 km
Odeon Tower
1.2 km
Grimaldi Forum
1.4 km
Olivier de Roquebrune-Cap-Martin
2.1 km
Cabanon de vacances
1.7 km
Japanese Garden
1.5 km
Zen garden of the japanese garden of Monaco
1.5 km
Monte-Carlo Sporting
722 m
Saint-Charles Church
1.7 km
Le Formentor
1.3 km
Le Bahia
967 m
Chapelle Sainte Thérèse - Les Carmes
880 m
The Maybourne Riviera
596 m
Chapel of the Annunciade of Monaco
1.2 km
Plage de Golfe Bleu
1.1 km
Le Roccabella
741 m
New National Museum of Monaco – Villa Sauber
1.4 km
Larvotto beach
1.1 km
Périgord I
1.1 km
Périgord II
1 km
Plage du Rocher
722 m
Église Saint-Joseph de Beausoleil
1.7 km
Plage du Larvotto
1 km
Columbia Palace
1.5 km
Plage du Buse
1.5 km
Scenic viewpoint
635 m
Larvotto fountain
920 m
Champions Promenade
1.9 kmReviews
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