Villa Nobel, House museum in Sanremo, Italy

Villa Nobel is a villa on Corso Cavallotti in Sanremo, built in 1871 to a design by architect Filippo Grossi for pharmacist Pietro Vacchieri. It originally had a Moorish Revival style, and the 1892 renovation by Pio Soli added a floor and a mansard roof, heightening its extravagance.

Villa Nobel was built in 1871 for Rivoli pharmacist Pietro Vacchieri to a design by architect Filippo Grossi. In 1874 Vacchieri sold it to the Genoese knight Lazzaro Patrone, whose heir resold it in 1891 to Alfred Nobel. Nobel had architect Pio Soli add a floor and a mansard roof in 1892 and died there on 10 December 1896.

The villa's name comes from Alfred Nobel, who bought it in 1891 and died there on 10 December 1896. Since 2002 it has housed the Museo nobeliano, opened to the public after conservation work. The building keeps the Moorish Revival character of the 1871 original, made more extravagant by Pio Soli's 1892 renovation.

Villa Nobel stands on Corso Cavallotti in Sanremo, and since 2002 it has been open to the public as the Museo nobeliano. The visit covers the rooms of the villa, including the floor and mansard roof added in Pio Soli's 1892 renovation. The building is reached on foot along the Corso Cavallotti; check opening days before setting out.

The garden holds a California Monterey cypress tree beneath which stands one of Nobel's experimental cannons from his ballistics research. This cannon reveals that the inventor of dynamite also developed and tested weapons.