“Les Chênes Verts” Villa in Cap d’Antibes
(Version française en bas de page) I saw this stately home by chance when coming back from Cap d’Antibes. As it drew my attention, I took a picture and then did some research. The house first belonged to Adolphe d’Ennery, a French playwright who bought the plot in 1865 and had the house designed by architect Auguste Abeille. From 1874, author Jules Verne spent a few winters in the house where he worked with D’Ennery on the stage adaptation on his works, notably 'Around the Wo