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Villa La Vigie

Villa La Vigie, Mediterranean villa in Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, France.

Villa La Vigie is a 1902 neo-classical villa-palace of 600 m² over three floors, built on the Mediterranean at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin between Monaco and the Italian border. Its pale facade has rectangular windows, a projecting bay with a small balcony, and a lower base with arched openings; a red-tiled terrace with white lounge chairs runs along the sea side.

Sir William Ingram, a British aristocrat and politician, had the 600 m² villa built in 1902. In 1929 the Société des bains de mer of Prince Louis II bought part of the grounds and built the Monte-Carlo Beach hotel there. Occupied as an observation post during World War II, the villa was acquired in 1952 by the SBM under Rainier III, which renovated it and rented it out, notably to Karl Lagerfeld from 1986 to 2000.

The name La Vigie refers to a lookout point, fitting a villa used as a German observation post during the Second World War. From 1986 to 2000 Karl Lagerfeld stayed here regularly and received guests; the villa is now let for luxury tourism.

Villa La Vigie is a private villa-palace, not open to visitors; it is offered as a luxury tourist rental, so it can only be seen from outside or booked as a whole. It stands on a wooded park above the sea at Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, between Monaco and the Italian border, with the Monte-Carlo Beach hotel below it.

The villa is not open to visitors: it is a private residence offered as a luxury holiday rental. Its grounds once extended toward Monaco, until the Société des bains de mer bought part of the estate in 1929 to build the Monte-Carlo Beach. During the Second World War it served as a German observation post.

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