Villa Les Cèdres, formerly villa Les Oiseaux, holds the world record for price per square metre. In fact, this property in Saint Jean Cap Ferrat, for sale since March 2°19, could be worth no less than 350 million Euros!
Built in 1830, it was firstly owned by the mayor of Villefranche sur Mer, then by Leopold II, King of the Belgians. He accommodated there his beloved Blanche Delacroix, called Très-Belle, with whom he falls in love when he is in his sixties and she is still a teenager. This woman, then called Baroness of Vaughan, sold the property to Alexandre Marnier-Lapostolle, creator of Grand Marnier liqueur. The latter and his descendants developed a 15-hectare botanical park, with 25 heated greenhouses containing 20.000 plants including 14.000 very rare tropical species, used for the making of the famous liqueur. This incomparable property, surrounded by pine trees, offers, among other things, a dozen bedrooms, a reception house (which became villa Radiana), magnificent statues and balconies, a caretaker’s house, an immense swimming pool, a winter garden, a chapel, a stable and a terraced planted garden (both listed in the General Inventory of Cultural Heritage) …
Today, the Italian group Campari (which acquired Grand Marnier), puts this incredible property for sale, in this little paradise, for an estimated selling price of € 200,000 per square metre! « Beyond imagination » is the motto of this peninsula, where the most prestigious billionaires live. Paul Allen and Bill Gates (Microsoft), Ferrero, Givenchy, press and publicity tycoons, Russian oligarchs, petroleum giants… all of them enjoy the amazing serenity of the spot, the lush vegetation and the breathtaking sea view. Cap Ferrat, the richest city in France, deserves its title of « peninsula of billionaires »!
Edit : the property was sold in august 2019
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