Château Louis XIII

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The Château Louis XIII is a holiday residence built around 1895 for the Reverend John Godding, at 8 avenue de la Tropicale in Cannes. Its architecture is inspired by the châteaux of the Loire, in particular the Château d'Azay-le-Rideau, with a square plan flanked by four round corner towers topped with conical slate roofs. The façades, regularly ordered and articulated by superimposed classical orders, are crowned with zinc mansard roofs. Inside, a central English-style hall is covered by a barrel vault and adorned with a fireplace; decorative paintings and stained-glass windows complete the decor, while the ceilings come from reused older elements (a French-style beamed ceiling in the dining room, a coffered ceiling in one bedroom). The property belonged to Count Starzynski between 1910 and 1920. Fully renovated in 1982, with the addition of a swimming pool, under the direction of the decorator Toni Facella Sensi, the residence remains a private property today. It is listed in the seaside-resort heritage inventory of the city of Cannes, without protection as a historic monument.