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Listed building · Menton

Fontana Rosa

The Garavan estate of the novelist Vicente Blasco Ibáñez, from 1922

Fontana Rosa
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The Spanish novelist Vicente Blasco Ibáñez built the villa Fontana Rosa in Garavan in 1922 and lived on the estate at the end of his life; he died in 1928. Its gardens are now open to the public, and it has been a classé historic monument since 21 August 1990.

Fontana Rosa is a listed building on Avenue Blasco Ibanez in Menton. The station Menton - Garavan is 100 m away (about 1 min on foot).

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Avenue Blasco Ibanez: the streetAll of Menton

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