A clear asymmetry and a particularly high base level, treated with bossages, distinguish the Villa Costebelle, originally named Villa Miramonte.
Completed in 1914 by Swiss architect Ramelli for Victor Garcin, a former merchant in Mexico, it features gently sloping pavilion roofs, more in keeping with transalpine stereotypes, breaking with the large broken roofs retained in the preliminary design dated 1913.
Inside, the volumes and spaces reveal a new and modern concern for comfort. Located on the ground floor of the south elevation, the main room is a vast veranda, lit by a large six-metre-wide bay window that opens completely and lets in air, thanks to an ingenious system that slides the glazing vertically inside a double-walled spandrel, a precursor to similar systems in the Villa Noailles in Hyères (1920s) and the Château du Seuil in Eze (1927).
Another sign of modernity is the garage, which is integrated into the villa and accessible from the east elevation, in line with the main entrance.
The Villa Costebelle has been listed in the supplementary inventory of Historic Monuments since 1987.
Inside, the volumes and spaces reveal a new and modern concern for comfort. Located on the ground floor of the south elevation, the main room is a vast veranda, lit by a large six-metre-wide bay window that opens completely and lets in air, thanks to an ingenious system that slides the glazing vertically inside a double-walled spandrel, a precursor to similar systems in the Villa Noailles in Hyères (1920s) and the Château du Seuil in Eze (1927).
Another sign of modernity is the garage, which is integrated into the villa and accessible from the east elevation, in line with the main entrance.
The Villa Costebelle has been listed in the supplementary inventory of Historic Monuments since 1987.