Formerly Villa Fiesole, the house was built in 1934 on land bought at the foot of the Californie hillside. The painter Jean-Gabriel Domergue designed its Italianate architecture and its decoration down to the smallest detail; his wife, a sculptor, laid out the terraced gardens with their pools and cascades. Odette Maudrange-Domergue bequeathed the property to the City of Cannes in 1973, and the house has been listed as a historic monument since 1990.
This is not a museum open on a continuous basis. It opens for guided visits and for prestige events, and the City of Cannes allows it to be made available for private receptions, listing it among its prestige venues. Interior salons, the painter's studio and the stepped gardens form an intimate whole, minutes from the Cannes quays. The single point of contact is the City's events department.
Other experiences in Vieux-Port de Cannes
A family holding in the hills of Grasse growing centifolia rose and grandiflorum jasmine since the 1930s. The encounter takes place in the fields, at picking time.
Culture & HeritageFort Royal on Sainte-Marguerite IslandA Vauban-type fort listed as a historic monument off Cannes, home to the state prisons and the Iron Mask museum. Two rooms and a sea-facing terrace can be taken privately.
Culture & HeritageMusee Bonnard, Beyond Public HoursA museum devoted to Pierre Bonnard, housed in a Belle Epoque building in Le Cannet. Its galleries, forecourt and garden terrace open for private receptions outside public visiting hours.
Culture & HeritagePlace de la Castre and the Museum CourtyardAt the top of Le Suquet, the precinct of a listed former monastic castle, looking over the bay, the Croisette and the Lerins islands. The City of Cannes allows the square and inner courtyard to be used privately.
Food & VineyardsThe Monks' Vineyard on Saint-HonoratA Cistercian community farms and vinifies its own vineyard on a car-free island facing Cannes. Group tastings are held at the foot of the vines, led by a sommelier.