Somerset Maugham bought the property in 1926 from a bishop and created one of the most beautiful artistic gardens in the world. Villa Mauresque, Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat 1954.
The author Somerset Maugham leans from an oval window at his Villa Mauresque in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, 1954. The small, whitewashed building, distinguished by its stepped crenellations, sits on a rugged hillside overlooking the sea. Maugham purchased the property in 1926, transforming its grounds into one of the world's most beautiful artistic gardens.
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