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2 Stars - 11 Opinions
4 rue de Limans, Hyeres, 83400, France
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Villa Saint Hubert, 70 avenue des Îles d'Or was built in 1882 by Pierre Chapoulart for Alexis Godillot himself. It is a large mansion which amazingly mixes various styles : half timbered front with a tower Normandy style, ceramic Maurisque style, windows classical style, etc
A little further east on avenue des Îles d'Or, several buildings are fine examples of Art Nouveau style. The street is not very wide and it is not possible to move back enough for the photo, even with wide-angle lens. I have made close-ups on the most characteristic parts of the buildings.
At the other end of Place Théodore Lefebvre, another monument bears the following inscription.
In loving memory of Marianne Stewart who died 18th august 1900. She laboured for many years in the cause of mercy to animals. Her last wish was that a drinking fountain should be set up for them in Hyères, in fulfillment of which this is erected. Her friend and co-worker, G.L. Bachell.
The fountain is still there but is not flowing anymore. Anyway, there are no horses anymore in Hyères, that would need a gulp of water!
A Renaissance style house (also called villa Aissous-Mériem) stands over the Porte Saint Paul (Saint Paul's gate) which opens across the second city wall and leads to Rue Paradis (Paradise street) and rue Barbacane (Barbacane street). It has a nice corbelled pepperbox turret standing at its corner. The house is currently inhabited and cannot be visited.
Clos Saint Bernard, now called Villa de Noailles is a superb estate that Mallet-Stevens, an architect who, together with Le Corbusier, was considered during the 20s as a leader of modern architecture, began to build in 1923 for Charles and Marie-Laure de Noailles, a wealthy couple of aristocrats that acted as patrons of many artists. They hosted the best artists of the time : Man Ray, Luis Buñuel, Darius Milhaud, Francis Poulenc, Cocteau, Henri Laurens, the brothers Giacometti and many others.
The villa itself was the place to experiment every tendency of modern architecture, décor and furniture. The building lasted until 1930 and in the end, it had 1800m2 with 42 bedrooms, a gymnase, an indoor swimming pool, a squash ground, The estate required more than 20 employees for its keeping.
Marie-Laure de Noailles died in 1970. In 1973 the estate was bought by the city of Hyères. In 1975 it was recognized as an historical landmark ("inscrite à l'inventaire supplémentaire des monuments historiques"). Since 1988, restoration work has been undertaken. It is now a Centre Culturel de Rencontre for the arts of fashion, architecture, decoration, design, plastic arts, etc).
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Address: 4 rue de Limans, Hyeres, 83400, France
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