Villa Ispahan
The Villa Danichgah[1] (French: [vila daniʃɡa], from Persian دانشگاه Dāneshgāh, “Dānesh's place”), nowadays nicknamed and better-known as Villa Ispahan (French: [vila ispaɑ̃]; Iranian Persian: ویلای اسپهان Vilâ-ye Espahân) is a Persian-style Belle Époque building in Les Moneghetti, Monaco, at 57 Boulevard du Jardin Exotique. It was built in 1910 by the Iranian diplomat Prince Reza Khan Arfa Danesh (Dānish).[2] The villa, with its blue minarets, is modelled on the Shah Mosque in Isfahan, Iran. It is decorated with mosaics, coloured glass and motifs including the Lion and Sun.[3] A museum of Iranian Art and Culture in the 1960s, the Villa Ispahan was listed for sale in 2019 with 9 rooms spread over 548 m2.[4]
The building was home to a museum of Iranian art, sculptures, and objets d'art curated by Baroness Marie Roze Trenk, grand-daughter of opera singer Marie Roze.[5] Prince Arfa's collection was sold by Sotheby's at Monte Carlo's Sporting d'Hiver club in 1983.[6]
The Villa Ispahan is the site of the Consulate of Indonesia in Monaco.[7]
References
- ^ L'Europe nouvelle (in French). Vol. 9. 1926. p. 388.
- ^ Arfa, Prince (15 November 2016). Memories of a Bygone Age: Qajar Persia and Imperial Russia 1853-1902. Gingko Library. p. 21. ISBN 978-1-909942-87-5.
- ^ "Villa Ispahan". PSS. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ "Villa Ispahan". Monteiro. Archived from the original on 7 February 2020. Retrieved 6 February 2020.
- ^ Hudson, Kenneth; Nicholls, Ann (18 June 1975). Directory of Museums. Palgrave Macmillan UK. p. 331. ISBN 978-1-349-01488-0.
- ^ Sotheby Parke Bernet Monaco S.A. (1983). Collection de la Villa Ispahan, Monte-Carlo: vente aux enchères publiques au Sporting d'Hiver, Monte-Carlo, mardi 28 juin 1983 ... La Société.
- ^ "Indonesia". Government of Monaco. Retrieved 6 February 2020.