Villa Araba, Private residence on rocky promontory in Varazze, Italy.

Villa Araba sits on the Punta della Mola peninsula with white arches and a broad loggia designed by architect Barry Dierks in 1925. The property includes a Mediterranean garden, natural rock pools filled with seawater, three outbuildings, and a small fortification.

The site once housed Torre della Mola, a tower built by the Republic of Genoa in the 1300s that collapsed in the late 1800s. The current villa was constructed in the early 1900s on these ruins, incorporating the tower's memory into its design.

The villa's name recalls the Torre della Mola, the Genoese watchtower that stood on Punta della Mola from the 1300s until it collapsed at the end of the 19th century. Postcards and photographs from the 1930s still labelled the house Torre della Mola, and a Carrara marble relief at the entrance keeps that name.

Villa Araba is a private residence and cannot be visited; the description of the complex, including the garden, park, cliff, three outbuildings and small fort, is based on the sources. The property is reached from the start of the Lungomare Europa in Varazze, on the Punta della Mola promontory. The beach beneath the villa served as a filming location for Francesco Amato's 2011 film Cosimo e Nicole.

A sundial decorates the seaside facade with the Latin phrase 'Sine sole sileo', meaning 'Without sun, I remain silent'. This poetic inscription links the building's architecture with the power of nature and time.