Villa Regina Margherita
Villa Regina Margherita is a villa and museum in Bordighera that centers on the figure of Queen Margherita of Savoy. Built under the direction of Italian architect Luigi Broggi, construction began on 30 March 1914, and the house sits within a generous garden designed with the help of landscape designer Ludwig Winter and hydraulic engineer Paul-Vincent Levieux. The building’s Baroque-style façade rises above a basement, a ground floor, two upper floors, and a top-floor terrace that links to the upper gardens. The site is part of Bordighera’s cultural heritage and functions today as a museum dedicated to the Queen’s presence in Liguria. Queen Margherita, who first visited Bordighera in 1879 after trauma in Naples, ultimately purchased Villa Bischoffsheim (Villa Etelinda) in 1914, turning the property into this royal residence. …
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