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EFTA01123921 EFTA01123922 EFTA01123923 dQ Pt moo tiro I I CP - O World famous fashion designer Coco Chanel was a woman known for elegant style and her refined taste. She made a lasting mark on architectural design as well with the construction of Villa La Pausa on the cliffs of the exclusive neighbourhood La Toracca located in the exclusive French Riviera town of Roquebrune-Cap- Martin, France. 4" • 4‘ EFTA01123924 4,1N. An\ • vap. 4cre.) II dQ Pt b oa O Chanel made repeated trips from Paris to supervise the work, paying such attention to the detail of its interior design that she insisted on the installation of a replica of the stone staircase she remembered from the French orphanage where she grew up. „idler" - -.44446k.. 4' OQQ Q0 EFTA01123925 EFTA01123926 An\ d moo twap. III (rANL., O Built in 1928 1g the architect Robert Streit for Coco Chanel and Hugh Grosvenor, the second Duke of Westminster, the sophisticated simplicity of La Pausa reflects Chanel's active involvement in all stages of the design and creation of the property, which was her French Riviera residence from 1929 to 1953, when Villa La Pausa was sold to Emery Reyes, who made his fortune in news services and publishing the Memoirs of Sir Winston Churchill. 4:11g lisCP EFTA01123927 EFTA01123928 twa. IV + Winston Churchill spent about a third of each year during 1956, 1957 and 1958, and as an honored guest was given an entire floor with rooms for his private secretary Anthony Montague Brown and office, while Lady Churchill had her own suite. 4). oo 4' --t EFTA01123929 V --t O It was at La Pausa where Churchill wrote and edited part of his four volume "History of the English Speaking People." It was also from where Reves sold Churchill to the world, making him a wealthy man. dQitt moo .."5 Itl et EFTA01123930 EFTA01123931 VI ❖Chanel's guests at La Pausa included her creative friends, artists, musicians, and writers like Igor Stravinsky, Jean Cocteau, Pablo Picasso, Albert Einstein, Salvador Dali and Luchino Visconti. 47 EFTA01123932 EFTA01123933 EFTA01123934 - j*4 k *k„ I O Tucked between Monte Carlo and Menton at the eastern end of the Cote = Roquebrune-Cap-Martin — once the private hunting grounds of Monaco's reigning family — is perhaps the most private. EFTA01123935 LA GDP. .: •1 • P , [PIERS: • ONOAMEME piLES 9E/0! S aierovencake fi r. • `MO It 1 a I' LES MOVEGNETT. 8EAuSCafo. MONACC MONTE AL • C Muse NatonA ff wel 1;CW Riviera Ligure di Ponente voiii.:(Ty;;? Costa Azzurra EFTA01123936 EFTA01123937 EFTA01123938 **4 drIMMIO 4814e I O The black-and-white world of the convent was captured in the white walls, the small paned glass windows and doors as well as the ironwork. O The four-level mansion is just over 10,000 square feet and dp sits high on a hill overlooking the coast and nearby Menton. a' 0 Via 84 4 EFTA01123939 EFTA01123940 Jc II O There are three living rooms, a dining room, seven en- suite bedrooms, two kitchens, a covered terrace and staff quarters. moo EFTA01123941 7laro 1 I'DEP :els I EFTA01123942 EFTA01123943 EFTA01123944 EFTA01123945 EFTA01123946 EFTA01123947 EFTA01123948 EFTA01123949 EFTA01123950 EFTA01123951 O A lower level on the terraced hillside has changing rooms for the swimming pool and bath, laundry and staff quarters. 'p 4o EFTA01123952 m oo IV I CPJ O The garden is equally simple, planted with lavender and rosemary and filtered with smoky light through many magnificent centuries-old olive trees. —4444066... EFTA01123953 ... ... , et I Illiti'3i>. ritittaga;. .i EFTA01123954 cog* 46-te.) V ❖There are panoramic views of the bay, Monaco, Cap and Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat from the house and the west-facing portion of the terrace. r Pt EFTA01123955 EFTA01123956 EFTA01123957 EFTA01123958