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Palais de Marbre or Villa les Palmiers

Ville de Nice, Archives municipales
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The banker Honoré Gastaud built this villa in 1873, in the countryside, on a hill overlooking the sea. The villa was then bought by Ernest Gambart in 1870 and redesigned by the architect Biasini in 1875. It became the property of a Russian banker and then of the Baron of Falz-Fein. Nowdays the villa is the seat of the Municipal Archives. Its facade is entirely made of Carrara marble.