Villa Eilenroc

The Villa Eilenroc is an exceptional neoclassical French residence located in the middle of an eleven hectares park, on the seaside, in Cap d'Antibes on the French Riviera.

This historic and prestigious residence is one of the famous villas of the Côte d'Azur open to the public, with Villa Kérylos and Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild.

The villa was occupied by Leopold II of Belgium and King Farouk of Egypt.

It is separated from the sea by the passage of the Tire-Poil trail.

History

While European high society spent the winter on the Mediterranean Riviera, the rich Dutch ex-governor of the Dutch West Indies, Hugh-Hope Loudon, had this luxurious residence built by architect Charles Garnier between 1860 and 1867. He named it "Eilenroc», Anagram of Cornelia, the first name of his wife.

In 1873, the property was sold to the wealthy Scottish James Wyllie, who had the park landscaped by gardeners as famous as Ringuisen. After his death in 1908, the estate was sold to Sir Coleridge Kennard, and then to the Sudreau couple, followed by the American couple Louis Dudley and Helene Beaumont in 1927.

In 1982, Mrs. Helene Beaumont (1895-1988) bequeathed her property to the city of Antibes under the condition of creating a " Beaumont Foundation" to manage and exploit this heritage and open the park, with its olive grove and rose garden of 1 000 plants, to the public .