A seven-story Beaux-Arts mansion — once home to a Russian prince and later restored from a shell — has come to market at $29.75 million.
The interactive auction takes place on August 1 at 11:00 a.m. CEST. Participation is subject to prior approval. For availability and last-minute registration enquiries, contact Arrière-Cour Immobilier directly.
Minutes from the historic centre of Cortona, a cypress-lined drive leads not to the intimate farmhouse fantasy popularised by Under the Tuscan Sun, but to a vast aristocratic residence shaped by one prominent family over several centuries.
Set above the Côte d’Azur near Valbonne, this 4-bedroom villa offered through Lazazu in one-eighth shares presents a more flexible way to own a fully managed second home in the South of France.
Bourg-en-Bresse is probably not the first place that comes to mind when searching for a château in France—and that is partly what makes this one so interesting.
While Como and Maggiore draw the crowds, Lake Orta remains the quieter insider’s choice—a smaller northern Italian lake favored by those seeking discretion, character and a slower pace.
Built in 1999 as one man's vision of the Old West, Rancho Alegre was later bought by another lifelong Western enthusiast who had grown up in Germany watching cowboy films and dreaming of life in the American West. Decades apart, the two men shaped the same extraordinary ranch outside Santa Fe.
Before the Statue of Liberty stood over New York Harbor, she rose above the rooftops of Paris. A former artist’s atelier is for sale on the street where the Statue of Liberty was built and assembled at the workshops of Gaget, Gauthier et Cie.
Hidden within the medieval village of Roquebrune-Cap-Martin, between Monaco and Italy, the residence was assembled from several historic village properties, with terraced gardens overlooking the Mediterranean that Grace Kelly later described as “small but precious.”
A one-bedroom apartment inside Hector Guimard’s Castel Béranger—the architect best known for Paris’s iconic Art Nouveau Métro entrances—pairs original period details with a design-led renovation by its owner.
A working Irish village fell into ruin. A Ryanair co-founder spent a fortune bringing it back. It became a five-star hotel. Now the whole village is on the market for €20 million.
Founded 101 years ago by Baltimore industrial wealth, transformed by Alfred G. Vanderbilt Jr. into a Thoroughbred racing and breeding dynasty, and later restored by Under Armour founder Kevin Plank, who reportedly invested more than $22 million in the land and facilities, the 524-acre estate sits at the heart of Maryland horse country.
Listed with Denniel Immobilier and published exclusively on Francis York, the 109-acre estate carries centuries of aristocratic, architectural, and motoring history.
Located near Piazza Santo Spirito, this 19th-century tower was reimagined by Stefano Tozzi, a Florentine architect with experience at renowned studios like Natalini and Arata Isozaki and collaborations with celebrated architects Daniel Libeskind and Zaha Hadid.
No. 7 Dale is one of the most luxuriously finished condominium projects in Canada. It also may just be the last condo ever to be approved in Rosedale, the historic garden neighbourhood just minutes from the core of Toronto.
Built in 1913 as the model home for one of Canada’s earliest garden suburbs, Riffington was set within a landscape planned by the Olmsted Brothers, the firm founded by the co-designer of Central Park. The waterfront estate later hosted members of the British royal family during visits to Canada.
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The interactive auction takes place on August 1 at 11:00 a.m. CEST. Participation is subject to prior approval. For availability and last-minute registration enquiries, contact Arrière-Cour Immobilier directly.
Minutes from the historic centre of Cortona, a cypress-lined drive leads not to the intimate farmhouse fantasy popularised by Under the Tuscan Sun, but to a vast aristocratic residence shaped by one prominent family over several centuries.
Set above the Côte d’Azur near Valbonne, this 4-bedroom villa offered through Lazazu in one-eighth shares presents a more flexible way to own a fully managed second home in the South of France.
Bourg-en-Bresse is probably not the first place that comes to mind when searching for a château in France—and that is partly what makes this one so interesting.
While Como and Maggiore draw the crowds, Lake Orta remains the quieter insider’s choice—a smaller northern Italian lake favored by those seeking discretion, character and a slower pace.
Built and once owned by a notable Belle Époque architect, this villa sits directly on the Mediterranean at Cap d’Antibes, the wooded peninsula between Cannes and Nice and one of the French Riviera’s most tightly held residential enclaves.
On the market for the first time in over 200 years, Lake Delaware Farm dates to 1787, when Gertrude Livingston and Revolutionary War general Morgan Lewis built it while the Catskills were still largely untamed, densely forested, and home to Native American tribes.
A rare multi-structure coastal compound in Corfu, Heliophos Estate trades a single villa for an entire private bay experience shaped by landscape, privacy, and uninterrupted sunset-facing sea views.
In the 1970s, a concrete “spaceship” appeared among the colourful Art Nouveau villas of Cusano Milanino, less than 30 minutes north of Milan.
Set on 3 hectares / 7.4 acres, this restored 18th-century Provençal farmhouse offers 550 m² / 5,920 ft² of living space and 7 bedrooms in the main house and a separate 2-bedroom caretaker’s residence.
Set in the hills of Valdarno, the estate’s historic buildings are linked by underground passages, internal hallways, courtyards, and gardens, and are surrounded by olive groves, Chianti DOCG vineyards, and an established agriturismo.
This restored Alpine palazzo in Craveggia, Piedmont, offers frescoed interiors and substantial private living space in a historic mountain village near the Swiss border.
Built in the 1920s by Woodstock artist Paul Arndt, Library Lane combines a restored stone house, former painting studio guest cottage, and Michael Trapp-designed gardens on 1.6 acres in Woodstock, New York.
This 17th-century private mansion in a historic village in Provence’s Enclave des Papes has been reimagined by Peruvian-born, Paris-based architect and AD100 designer Diego Delgado-Elias.
One of the most iconic scenes in 007’s Casino Royale comes in the final moments of the film, when James Bond tracks Mr. White to the edge of Lake Como, where a turreted villa rises above the water like something between a castle and a stage set.
An 18th-century Catalan farmhouse to restore in a protected landscape, with 127 hectares / 313 acres of woodland, sea views, and access to the Costa Brava, Girona, and Barcelona.
Before designing Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle laid out one of France’s earliest romantic parks at this 18th-century château less than an hour from Paris.
100 km / 62 miles from Paris, the Normandy estate was converted into a regional art centre in 1970 and has exhibited works by artists including Salvador Dalí, Victor Vasarely, Leonor Fini, Georges Mathieu, Braque, and Volti.
Overlooking Mallorca’s Serra de Tramuntana, Finca Sonrisa is a design-led finca reimagined by AD100-listed Munich studio Holzrausch, with interiors recognized by Architectural Digest and Wallpaper*.
Built around 1850 for Annette Chavane, heiress to a local ironworking estate, the restored château sits near the Vosges border with direct access to the Canal des Vosges and its own place to moor a boat.
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Architecture and Design
The interactive auction takes place on August 1 at 11:00 a.m. CEST. Participation is subject to prior approval. For availability and last-minute registration enquiries, contact Arrière-Cour Immobilier directly.
In the 1970s, a concrete “spaceship” appeared among the colourful Art Nouveau villas of Cusano Milanino, less than 30 minutes north of Milan.
A Kendrick Bangs Kellogg house set within a 40-acre avocado grove has entered escrow after being listed publicly for the first time.
Châteaux and Castles
Bourg-en-Bresse is probably not the first place that comes to mind when searching for a château in France—and that is partly what makes this one so interesting.
A remote Scottish castle estate on the Isle of Mull brings together an 18-bedroom Baronial castle, more than three miles of Atlantic coastline, three lochs, woodland, farmland, holiday properties, and an established working estate economy.
Before designing Parc Monceau in the 8th arrondissement, Louis Carrogis Carmontelle laid out one of France’s earliest romantic parks at this 18th-century château less than an hour from Paris.
A seven-story Beaux-Arts mansion — once home to a Russian prince and later restored from a shell — has come to market at $29.75 million.