Villa La Leopolda in Villefranche-sur-Mer, France

Once again we return to the French Riviera, more closely to Villefranche-sur-Mer. The name of this estate entails who it is named after. Well, it is of course after King Leopold II of Belgium and in fact he made the mansion as a present for his mistress Blanche Zélia Joséphine Delacroix. Another side piece (no pun intended) is that King Leopold also owned Villa les Cédres in Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat, which we published an article about previously by the way. The astonishing Villa La Leopolda includes 11 bedrooms, 14 bathrooms and other features such as a helipad, outdoor kitchen and a commercial greenhouse. The mansion, situated on 50 acres at the beautiful Côte d’Azur was redesigned by the American architect Ogden Codman, Jr, in the 1920s’ and in 1955, the estate was the setting for Alfred Hitchcock’s movie To Catch a Thief. This text aims to just highlight a super fascinating mansion as it is not up for sale or any other news related. However, if the current owner Lily Safra wanted to sell her glorious estate it would be a historic auction. In 2008, Villa La Leopolda was valued at an astronomical sum of $750 million US so imagine the price now!