Cap Ferrat
{{short description|Cape in Alpes-Maritimes, France}}
{{Distinguish|Cap Ferret}}
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Cap Ferrat ({{IPA|fr|kap fɛʁa|pron}}; {{langx|en|Cape Ferrat}}) is a cape situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France. It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat.
Hospitius lived there as a recluse during the 6th century. Thus, the cape is sometimes called Cap-Saint-Hospice or Cap-Saint-Sospis. Once the domain of King Leopold II of Belgium, Cap Ferrat is now graced with a number of magnificent villas, most notably the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild.
Notable properties
Notable properties on Cap Ferrat include the Villa La Mauresque (originally built in 1906 for King Leopold II's father-confessor), bought by the English novelist W. Somerset Maugham in 1928, who lived there before and after World War II and until his death in 1965.{{cite book|author=Samuel J. Rogal|title=A William Somerset Maugham Encyclopedia|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=H0MqigagKTkC&pg=PA175|date=1 January 1997|publisher=Greenwood Publishing Group|isbn=978-0-313-29916-2|pages=175–}}{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2009/sep/13/secret-lives-somerset-maugham|title=The Secret Lives of Somerset Maugham by Selina Hastings|author=William Boyd|publisher=The Guardian|date=13 September 2009|accessdate=31 March 2014}} The Villa Maryland was owned by the co-founder of Microsoft, Paul Allen.{{cite news |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/05/16/AR2008051604027.html|title=Cannes, Sweet and Sour|author=William Booth|work=The Washington Post|date=16 May 2008|accessdate=31 March 2014}}
The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat was bought by a subsidiary of Leonard Blavatnik's Access Industries in 2007.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2007/mar/27/france.russia|title=Oligarch buys up French hotels|author=Luke Harding|publisher=The Guardian|date=27 March 2007|accessdate=31 March 2014}} Prominent former residents have included Paul Hamlyn{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/business/2001/sep/09/pressandpublishing.media|title=Publishing king who gave fine books the common touch|author=Bob Gavron|publisher=The Guardian|date=9 September 2001|accessdate=31 March 2014}} and Boris Berezovsky.{{cite news |url=https://www.theguardian.com/law/2010/jul/22/berezovsky-record-divorce-payout|title=Boris Berezovsky's second wife wins record £100m divorce settlement|author=Karen McVeigh|publisher=The Guardian|date=22 July 2010|accessdate=31 March 2014}}
Notable residents
The English songwriter and playwright Noël Coward referenced the Cap in his song "I Went to a Marvellous Party" from his 1939 revue Set to Music, with the lyric: "Quite for no reason/I'm here for the season/And high as a kite,/Living in error/With Maud at Cap Ferrat/Which couldn't be right..."{{cite book|author=Philip Hoare|title=Noel Coward: A Biography of Noel Coward|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=BEOqd8OMleMC&pg=PT316|date=21 May 2013|publisher=Simon and Schuster|isbn=978-1-4767-3749-2|pages=316–}}
Cap Ferrat was named in 2012 as the second most expensive residential location in the world after Monaco.[https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/business-17544621 London and New York 'to remain world's top cities']
References
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Category:Villages in Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur