The Villa Domergue is a historic mansion in
Cannes
Cannes (, ; , ; ) is a city located on the French Riviera. It is a communes of France, commune located in the Alpes-Maritimes departments of France, department, and host city of the annual Cannes Film Festival, Midem, and Cannes Lions Internatio ...
. It was built in 1926 for painter
Jean-Gabriel Domergue.
The garden was designed from 1926 to 1936. The house was turned into a museum in honor of Domergue from 1962 to 1973, and it was subsequently used as an official venue by the city of Cannes.
It has been listed as an
official historical monument since 1990.
During the annual
Cannes Film Festival
The Cannes Film Festival (; ), until 2003 called the International Film Festival ('), is the most prestigious film festival in the world.
Held in Cannes, France, it previews new films of all genres, including documentaries, from all around ...
, the jury meets in the house to pick the winners.
References
Houses completed in 1926
Monuments historiques of Cannes
Cannes Film Festival
20th-century architecture in France
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