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Villa La Capponcina
Sir Winston Churchill
LA CAPPONCINA
At “ La Capponcina ”, Sir Winston Churchill wrote , pursued his love of painting , and celebrated his golden wedding anniversary !
It was the couturier Edward Molyneux who built in 1926 , the neo-Provencal style villa with a patio and a long arcaded gallery overlooking the sea . He organized custom fashion shows there and amassed a great art collection .
After World War II the villa was acquired by Lord Beaverbrook . Having quarreled in 1938 with Winston Churchill , the two men reconnected at the end of the war , and Churchill started to vacation at his friend ’ s with his easel , his paint-brushes and his volumes of papers which would be used to write his memoirs .
Churchill was made “ Honorary Mayor ” of Cap d ’ Ail in 1952 . Six years later he celebrated his golden wedding anniversary there !
There is a grove of palm trees , now more than a hundred years old , gifts given by his patients to the owner , Dr Cottenot . Every
Villa Le Roc Fleuri
year in September the contemporary art exhibition of young artists belonging to the No-made group takes place there .
ROC FLEURI
Of Italian inspiration typical of the 1900s , “ Roc Fleuri ” was originally a high class hotel known in the 1910s as “ Hôtel Réserve du Cap-Fleury ”. It was owned by the Marquise Buccico until the 1920s and had a famous seafood restaurant . In 1921 , it belonged to the Cottenot family until today spanning three generations of doctors . This tourist site is open to the public at certain times of the year and hosts cultural activities .
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