Villa Nobel
Villa Nobel stands out in Sanremo not for its façade alone, but for the life it sheltered: Alfred Nobel, the inventor and founder of the Nobel Prizes, lived here in the final years of his life and died in the villa on December 10, 1896. The villa was built in 1871 and sits along Corso Cavallotti. It was commissioned by Rivoli pharmacist Pietro Vacchieri, who had acquired the land the year before, and was designed by architect Filippo Grossi. In 1874 Vacchieri sold the property to Lazzaro Patrone, whose heir eventually resold it to Nobel in 1891. Nobel then commissioned a major renovation in 1892, adding a new floor and a mansard roof under the direction of architect Pio Soli, transforming the building’s silhouette and interior into a more extravagant, Moorish Revival-inspired setting. …
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