The Puebla villa, built in 1880 for Eugène Lions, is the work of Victor Bérato, an Italian contractor from Saint-Vincent-les-Forts.
Twenty years later, in 1903, impressed by the imagination and ambition of the new villas, Eugène Lions, founder of Ciudad de México in Puebla, commissioned architect Francis Girard, hired by his brother Jules for the Villa Rose des Alpes, to modernise his home.
After hesitating between two historicist preliminary designs by Girard-Reydet, which would have transformed the old building into a veritable castle flanked by two corner turrets, Eugène Lions opted for a colourful facelift limited to the main façade and its décor.
Friezes and decorative earthenware panels emphasise the different levels and frame the windows on the first floor.
The roof was also modified: carved wooden rafters support the extended roof with coyaux, adding a picturesque touch to the austerity of the façade.
Three bull's-eye windows and a palmette crest framed by two sumptuous zinc finials complete the décor.
The villa is now a bed and breakfast.
After hesitating between two historicist preliminary designs by Girard-Reydet, which would have transformed the old building into a veritable castle flanked by two corner turrets, Eugène Lions opted for a colourful facelift limited to the main façade and its décor.
Friezes and decorative earthenware panels emphasise the different levels and frame the windows on the first floor.
The roof was also modified: carved wooden rafters support the extended roof with coyaux, adding a picturesque touch to the austerity of the façade.
Three bull's-eye windows and a palmette crest framed by two sumptuous zinc finials complete the décor.
The villa is now a bed and breakfast.
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