Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild
The neoclassical Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild, designed for the Baroness Charlotte Béatrice de Rothschild, remains Aaron Messiah’s most famous work. Located in Cap Ferrat in southern France, the building, surrounded by gardens, has a loggia with a view of the sea on all sides, meant to resemble the bridge of a ship, a design reportedly inspired by the baroness’s fond memories of an ocean voyage.
Credits
Photo by Berthold Werner, June 10, 2011. Licensed under (CC BY-SA 3.0).
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 7.
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