The villa is a dream of 2 scholars of Greek history: Theodore Reinach and Emmanuel Pontremoli. Theodore Reinach was a philologist, archeologist, professor at the College of France and a passionate scholar of Greece. Emmanuel Pontremoli was a distinguished architect of the beginning of the 20th century.
This is a recreation of an ancient Greek villa, and even in Greece there is no museum that in such minute detail reconstructs the life of ancient Greece.
The walls of the villa are decorated with paintings from the Greek mythology. The architecture was modeled after the nobles homes on the island of Delos. The building is decorated with frescoes, mosaics, tapestries. The patterns
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This is a recreation of an ancient Greek villa, and even in Greece there is no museum that in such minute detail reconstructs the life of ancient Greece.
The walls of the villa are decorated with paintings from the Greek mythology. The architecture was modeled after the nobles homes on the island of Delos. The building is decorated with frescoes, mosaics, tapestries. The patterns were inspired by the scenes on the ancient vases. The furniture is made of different types of wood and is a real work of art. The walls are also partially made of different colors of marble - white, pink, gray, also the baths are made of white marble. Curtains on the windows are hand embroidered. The floors are made of a combination of walnut, citron tree, pear wood with inlays.
The villa is surrounded by the garden that has a collection of Greek trees and plants and opens a breathtaking view of the sea and the French riviera.
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