Étiquette : Corse
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Vizzavona, Grand Hotel de la Fôret, snobbery and decay
Found an other palace here in Corsica. This one is located in the mountains in the little town of Vizzavona. As Ajaccio at the end of the XIXth century the area was popular with wealthy british. The hotel now in ruins, was built in 1893 (10 years after the Cyrnos Palace) and named Grand Hôtel de la Fôret. Two wide…
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Cyrnos Palace, grande bellezza Campbell
In the middle of XVIIIth century, English people were discovering mediterranean in winter. Nice, in south of France saw the construction of a walkway called The promenade des Anglais. A little time after (circa 1870) the wealthy scottish Miss Thomasina Campbell decided to live in Ajaccio (island of Corsica). She wrote a propaganda book, Notes sur l’île Corse…
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