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Villa
Grock
Born at
Reconvilier (Switzerland) in 1880 and crowned “King
of Clowns” at the Olympia of Paris in 1919, Adrien Wettach
was an international star from the beginning of the 20th century to
his public farewell in 1954. He was an extraordinary artist, a
juggler and an acrobat, who could play a variety of musical
instruments, holding audiences the world over spellbound
He
discovered Imperia by chance, during a visit he paid to his
parents-in-law, spending a holiday there in 1920. He was so taken
that he bought a house surrounded by a large garden, where he
originally intended to spend his holidays. There he built a Villa
overlooking the hills of Oneglia, which gradually became Wettach’s
home, until his death in 1959.
Following a faithful restoration in 2006, this “enchanted
location” of Western Liguria was reopened to visitors. The garden in
particular has been completely restored, to reflect both the flowers
and the landscaping envisaged by Adrien Wettach.
Address: Via Fanny Roncati Carli, Imperia
Contact: tel. 0183 704211 (Provincia); cell.
339
7691525 (Caretaker)
Open
Friday and Saturday 15.00-17.00, and Sunday 10.00 to 12.00, and
15.00 to 17.00 |
