Articles — Roquebrune-Cap-Martin

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  Roquebrune-Cap-Martin: castle, olive tree and famous guests

  Roquebrune-Cap-Martin is two worlds in one commune: a medieval village perched on a rock between Monaco and Menton and the green headland below that, which in the 20th century attracted empresses, writers and architects. It is home to one of France's oldest castles, an olive tree roughly two thousan

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  Le Corbusier's Cabanon and Villa E1027 in Roquebrune

  On Cap Martin, between the railway and the sea, stand two houses that people travel to the French Riviera for specifically: Villa E1027, devised by Irish designer Eileen Gray, and Le Corbusier’s wooden cabin of just over thirteen square metres. Since 2016 the cabin has been on the UNESCO World Herit