The monumental Villa Trianon was designed for Lucy and Georges de Montgomery, son of the Count of Pembroke and a French diplomat, following architectural principles inspired by the Italian Renaissance. Throughout its history, the villa was a favored stop of Princess Sissi, residence of Prince Danilo of Montenegro, and for years home to Princess Ouroussoff, wife of the Russian ambassador to Paris. Today, it belongs to a prominent couple in the international jet set and business world.
The main façade is distinguished by its curved volume, vertically articulated by two giant red marble columns. The semicircular terrace gracefully connects the villa to the Italian-style park, linked by a scenographic double staircase reminiscent of Venetian Palladian villas. Façade lighting, designed with grazing light fixtures, highlights architectural forms from bottom to top, creating evocative nighttime effects.
The park below is laid out with strict geometry: white granite borders define green lawn beds, while regular paths are paved with white marble gravel. At the center of the path, a female marble sculpture reflects the villa’s symmetrical perspective. The color palette — the white of the elements and the green of the lawn, enriched by two centuries-old holm oaks — reinforces the visual harmony of the Italian garden. The park unfolds on a seafront terrace closed by a balustrade with turned columns and descends toward the large water mirror on the second level via a linear double staircase, supported by pillars and neoclassical columns, forming an elegant nymphaeum with an exedra.
The slopes of the staircase, covered with green climbing plants, minimize the built impact and seem to plunge into the infinity-edge pool. Internal and external LED lighting transforms the pool into a spectacular element even at night. On the opposite side, a central exedra, in continuity with the nymphaeum, hosts water features and lighting effects that harmoniously interrupt the regularity of the layout. Custom-cut stone slabs create the perimeter walkway.
While the park facing the villa maintains neoclassical rigor, the slopes descending toward the sea present a more natural and picturesque aspect: Mediterranean scrub left almost spontaneous, vibrant floral species, and irregular stone paths.
The guiding thread of the restoration project perfectly reflects the owner’s style, summarized in her statement: “For me, beauty is a creed and art a way of life.” The villa’s interiors, neoclassical, confirm this imprint, highlighting the original taste and the valuable family antique collection.
The main façade is distinguished by its curved volume, vertically articulated by two giant red marble columns. The semicircular terrace gracefully connects the villa to the Italian-style park, linked by a scenographic double staircase reminiscent of Venetian Palladian villas. Façade lighting, designed with grazing light fixtures, highlights architectural forms from bottom to top, creating evocative nighttime effects.
The park below is laid out with strict geometry: white granite borders define green lawn beds, while regular paths are paved with white marble gravel. At the center of the path, a female marble sculpture reflects the villa’s symmetrical perspective. The color palette — the white of the elements and the green of the lawn, enriched by two centuries-old holm oaks — reinforces the visual harmony of the Italian garden. The park unfolds on a seafront terrace closed by a balustrade with turned columns and descends toward the large water mirror on the second level via a linear double staircase, supported by pillars and neoclassical columns, forming an elegant nymphaeum with an exedra.
The slopes of the staircase, covered with green climbing plants, minimize the built impact and seem to plunge into the infinity-edge pool. Internal and external LED lighting transforms the pool into a spectacular element even at night. On the opposite side, a central exedra, in continuity with the nymphaeum, hosts water features and lighting effects that harmoniously interrupt the regularity of the layout. Custom-cut stone slabs create the perimeter walkway.
While the park facing the villa maintains neoclassical rigor, the slopes descending toward the sea present a more natural and picturesque aspect: Mediterranean scrub left almost spontaneous, vibrant floral species, and irregular stone paths.
The guiding thread of the restoration project perfectly reflects the owner’s style, summarized in her statement: “For me, beauty is a creed and art a way of life.” The villa’s interiors, neoclassical, confirm this imprint, highlighting the original taste and the valuable family antique collection.
