12 November 2011

Riviera Palace - the Apartments


The renovation of the cupola was completed in 2003, paid for by the proprietors of the apartments, the Conseil General and the town of Beausoleil. In 2004 it won a special Jury Prize awarded by the Association of Historic French Houses. The gardens are cared for by student gardeners.

In 1989 the Riviera Palace was listed as a 'Monument Historique' and the price paid for living in such a beautiful building (imagine owning one of these apartments with a balcony overlooking this Winter Garden) - is that you have a regular flow of visitors on guided tours.

6 comments:

  1. I think your top photo today shows the influence of Gustav Eiffel quite profoundly.

    I respect and admire your views regarding eating meat left in your comment on my site today. I am conflicted about such matters. I am distressed by inhumane treatment of animals and Julie and I are donors to the Humane Society, but I am not a vegetarian, and animals victimize each other for food.

    Other than having toured a chicken plant, I do not know about how animals are processed, but I have not investigated the question, either. I guess I am like Matthew Harrison Brady in "Inherit the Wind" when he is being cross-examined by Henry Drummond (Spencer Tracy in the movie) when he takes comfort in saying "I do not think about things that I do not think about."

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  2. Une très belle architecture...

    Pierre

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  3. What a nice series about the Riviera Palace. I didn't know it was open for visitors. I will take a look next time! Have a nice weekend!
    Barbara from Germany

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  4. My first visit to you! But not to Monte-Carlo, which is just a few hours away from where I live in Italy. The Riviera Palace posts are interesting, I'd had no idea what was up there. Congratulations on the wonderful photographs.

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