Château Saint-Jean

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The Château Saint-Jean, located at the start of the Saint-Hospice peninsula in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, was built in 1899 by the Italian-German banker Carlo Wedekind, to plans by the architect Charles Bermond, in a Venetian Gothic Revival style with a richly decorated façade. The property, of about 10,000 m², included a 200 m² hall adorned with painted ceilings and marble staircases, stained-glass windows, an artificial lake, a landscaped park and a boathouse with staff quarters. In 1909, the estate was acquired by the Hungarian princess Vilma Lwoff-Parlaghy, a renowned portrait painter, who gave it its current name of Château Saint-Jean. After the Second World War, the property passed to the American Gloria Thompson, who for a time renamed it Château Gloria, before being acquired by Rosemarie Kanzler, wife of Ernest Kanzler, an automotive executive close to the Ford family. The residence remains a private property today.