Free visit of the Villa Santa Lucia, in Roucas Blanc, property classified as Historical Monuments

Name: Visita libre a la Villa Santa Lucía, en Roucas Blanc, propiedad clasificada como Monumentos Históricos
Start: 2023-09-16T10:00:00+02:00
End: 2023-09-17T17:00:00+02:00
Location: Villa Santa Lucia

As part of the public opening of the Villa Santa Lucia, we (owners) participate in the European Heritage Days and are pleased to welcome you on Saturday 16 and Sunday…

16 i 17 septiembre 2023Passed

@Anne-Christine Renard

As part of the opening to the public of Villa Santa Lucia, we (owners) participate in the European Heritage Days and are pleased to welcome you on Saturday 16 and Sunday 17 September for free visits of the garden.
Come and discover the art of rockeries and multiple collections of plants in a garden open to the sea.
Open to the public: Saturday and Sunday from 10am to 5pm (last visit at 4:30pm)
Public entrance by stairs at 8 montée de la Napoule13007 Marseille (corner 60 Traverse Nicolas). Visits are free and an explanatory brochure is available to visitors.
It is not necessary to book, please note that due to the large number of visitors, waiting is possible at the entrance of the Villa.
Many steps in the garden, provide comfortable shoes.
NB: Belvedere in rock not accessible but clearly visible from the lawn.
Payment by check or cash only.
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About the location

Villa Santa Lucia

60 Traverse Nicolas Marseille

Bouches-du-Rhône
Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur

Registered in conformance with(for) historic monuments, the Villa Santa Lucia and his large garden present set(group) of architectures and of decorations(sets) in remarkable rocks of the XIXth century. Caves, waterfalls(stunts), conservatory, belvedere, gallery, day-nursery(crib), fortified castle, rooms of freshness with frescoes were realised in 1890s by the rocailleur Gaspar Gardini. This «large theatre» of rocks spread(displayed) on seven levels is particularly representative of the art of the rocailleurs from Marseille of time(period) 1900.
Benefiting from an exceptional microclimate all over its sheltered exhibition(exposure) and the closeness of the sea, the garden presents a collection of Mediterranean and subtropic vegetables gathering(collecting) many sorts(species) and rare gasolines(essences). He understands(includes) a beautiful collection of citrus fruits in potteries of Anduze, rosebushes and jasmine, Florentine cypresses, agavacées in the pockets of rocks, palm trees, a bamboo plantation, hundred-year-old majestic pines as well as a large vegetable garden at the bottom of property. The garden so became a real plant academy in its case of rocks.
The Villa is open to the public the summer and by appointment for guided tours for groups throughout the year.