Villa Milos, Feodosia, Neoclassical villa in Feodosia, Ukraine.
Villa Milos is a two-storey neoclassical building with a complex plan, a terrace and caryatid columns on its facade. Along the main front stand plaster copies of ancient statues, and a stone wall with a small corner rotunda encloses the grounds. Marble fountains decorate the small inner courtyard.
Built between 1909 and 1911 by Turkish builders to a design by architect N. F. Piskunov, the villa belonged to the Karaim merchant Ibrahim Samuilovich Krym. His family, with 144 Kryms recorded in Feodosia at the end of the 19th century, also owned the villas Victoria and Villa. In 2022 investors bought the building and converted it into apartments.
The villa's name comes from the plaster Venus de Milo in the corner rotunda, a statue lost during the October Revolution and recreated in 1970 by Feodosia sculptor Boris Lets. The Karaim Krym family, which owned the villa, also had the dachas Victoria and Villa; 144 Feodosia residents bore the surname Krym in the late 19th century.
The house is located in the central part of the city and is easily accessible on foot from nearby streets. Visitors can view the exterior facade and study the architectural details from street level.
The Venus statue in the corner rotunda was lost during the October Revolution and the gazebo stood empty for decades. In 1970 the Feodosia sculptor Boris Lets modelled the replacement that stands there today, and it is this statue that gave the villa its name.
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