Cap Ferrat

Cap Ferrat viewed from the Plateau Saint-Michel
View from Èze to Cap Ferrat

Cap Ferrat (pronounced: [kap fɛʁa]) (English: Cape Ferrat) is situated in the Alpes-Maritimes département, in southeastern France. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.

Saint Hospitius lived here as a recluse during the sixth century. Thus, the cape is sometimes called Cap-Saint-Hospice or Cap-Saint-Sospis.

Once the domain of King Leopold II of Belgium, Cap Ferrat is now graced with a number of magnificent villas.

Notable properties on Cap Ferrat include the Villa Mauresque (originally built in 1906 for King Leopold II's father-confessor), bought by the English novelist W. Somerset Maugham in 1928, who lived there before and after World War II and until his death in 1965.[1][2] The Villa Maryland is owned by the co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen.[3]

The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat was bought by a subsidiary of Leonard Blavatnik's Access Industries in 2007.[4] Prominent former residents have included Paul Hamlyn[5] and Boris Berezovsky.[6]

The English songwriter and playwright Noël Coward referenced the Cap in his song "I Went to a Marvellous Party" from his 1939 revue Set to Music, with the lyric: "Quite for no reason/I'm here for the season/And high as a kite,/Living in error/With Maud at Cap Ferrat/Which couldn't be right..."[7]

Cap Ferrat was named in 2012 as the second most expensive residential location in the world after Monaco. [8]

References

  1. ↑ Samuel J. Rogal (1 January 1997). A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia. Greenwood Publishing Group. pp. 175–. ISBN 978-0-313-29916-2.
  2. ↑ William Boyd (13 September 2009). "The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  3. ↑ William Booth (16 May 2008). "Cannes, Sweet and Sour". The Washington Post. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  4. ↑ Luke Harding (27 March 2007). "Oligarch buys up French hotels". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  5. ↑ Bob Gavron (9 September 2001). "Publishing king who gave fine books the common touch". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  6. ↑ Karen McVeigh (22 July 2010). "Boris Berezovsky's second wife wins record £100m divorce settlement". The Guardian. Retrieved 31 March 2014.
  7. ↑ Philip Hoare (21 May 2013). Noel Coward: A Biography of Noel Coward. Simon and Schuster. pp. 316–. ISBN 978-1-4767-3749-2.
  8. ↑ London and New York 'to remain world's top cities'
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Coordinates: 43°41′15″N 7°19′45″E / 43.68750°N 7.32917°E / 43.68750; 7.32917

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