“Villa Eilenroc” guestbook, autographed by Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, as well as his wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephovna, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Elder, daughter of Nicholas I, the sister of Emperor Alexander II, Olga Nikolaevna, Archduke of Austria, Ludwig Victor. Antibes. At the end of Cap d’Antibes, surrounded by a beautiful wooded land of 11 hectares, stands the villa Eilenroc, built in the end of the 19th century in terms of the famous architect Charles Garnier. It was built in neo-classical Palladian style. „Eilenroc” was called
| title: | Гостевая книга Villa Eilenroc |
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| title description: | с автографами российской императрицы Марии Фёдоровны, супруги Александра III, великого князя Константина Николаевича, а так же его супруги, великой княгини Александры Иосифовны, великого князя Николая Николаевича Старшего, дочери Николая I, родной сестры императора Александра II, Ольги Николаевны, эрцгерцога Австрийского, Людвига Виктора |
| City: | Antibes |
| additional information: | “Villa Eilenroc” guestbook, autographed by Russian Empress Maria Feodorovna, wife of Alexander III, Grand Duke Konstantin Nikolayevich, as well as his wife, Grand Duchess Alexandra Josephovna, Grand Duke Nikolai Nikolayevich the Elder, daughter of Nicholas I, the sister of Emperor Alexander II, Olga Nikolaevna, Archduke of Austria, Ludwig Victor. At the end of Cap d’Antibes, surrounded by a beautiful wooded land of 11 hectares, stands the villa Eilenroc, built in the end of the 19th century in terms of the famous architect Charles Garnier. It was built in neo-classical Palladian style. „Eilenroc” was called by the anagram of the Cornelia name, which belonged to a wife of the first owner of the villa, the Dutch millionaire, Mr Hugh Hope Loudon. Having separated from his wife, Mr Loudon left Antibes and put the villa on sale. The next owners were: James Wyllie, Scottish philanthropist, returned from India, where he had lived for thirty-five years, Sir Coleridge Kennard, and finally a wealthy American, Mr Louis Dudley Beaumont and his wife, Helen. In 1927th the renowed architect Welles Bosworth, who was carrying out the restoration of the chateau of Versailles was hired to restore the “Eilenroc” in the spirit of his time. Due to his efforts the sumptuous interior of the villa was restored. In the “Eilenroc” the Beaumont family established their fine collection of paintings and furniture of 18th century, but unfortunately many of them disappeared during the World War II. In the 1982th widow of Mr Beaumont donated villa to the municipality of city of Antibes, providing that it will be kept in a due condition. Through to the collectors of antiques and, also, to the specialized workshops and the Picasso museum, the interior decoration regained its brilliance and daintiness. Since the foundation of the villa it has been visited by numerous distinguished guests, who had left memorable records in a guestbook of the „Eilenroc villa. This list of guests includes: maharadja of Kapurthala Jagatjit Singh Prince Boris Sergeevich Shcherbatov his daughter, Maria Borisovna Shcherbatova the last Chairperson of the Council of Ministers of the Russian Empire, Prince Nikolai Dmitriyevich Golitsyn, Princess Anisya Nikolaevna Golitsyna, Knight of the Order of Alexander Nevsky, actual privy councilor, Mazhurov Alexander Pavlovich, privy councilor, Graph Vasily Aleksandrovich Gendrikov, Countess Sophia Petrovna Gendrikova, Countess Elizaveta Andreevna Vorontsova-Dashkova, (born Shuvalova), Graph Alexander Konstantinovich Benckendorff, Countess Ekaterina Nikolaevna Muravyeva-Amurskaya, Maids of Honor to the Russian Empress Alexandra Feodorovna, Sophia Alexandrovna Olsufyeva and Vera Nikolayevna Volkova, the last Minister of the Imperial Court of the Russian Empire, Baron Vladimir Borisovich Frederix, State Baroness Emma Vladimirovna Frederix, Graph Piotr Nikolayevich Apraskin, titled advisor, Graph Aleksey Sergeyevich Sheremetyev, Gen. Alexander Alekseyevich Rebinder |
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