Cap Ferrat ( pronounced [kap fɛʁa] ; English: Cape Ferrat ) is a cape situated in the Alpes-Maritimes department in Southeastern France . It is located in the commune of Saint-Jean-Cap-Ferrat .
5-573: Hospitius lived there as a recluse during the 6th century. Thus, the cape is sometimes called Cap-Saint-Hospice or Cap-Saint-Sospis . Once the domain of King Leopold II of Belgium , Cap Ferrat is now graced with a number of magnificent villas, most notably the Villa Ephrussi de Rothschild . Notable properties on Cap Ferrat include the Villa La Mauresque (originally built in 1906 for King Leopold II's father-confessor), bought by
10-484: The Lombards . Hospitius was seized by these raiders, but his life was spared. He worked a miracle in favor of one of the warriors, who became converted, embraced the religious life, and was known personally to Gregory of Tours . It was from him that Gregory, to whom we are indebted for the meagre details of the saint's life, learned of the austerities and numerous miracles of the recluse. Hospitius foretold his death and
15-658: The Cap in his song " I Went to a Marvellous Party " from his 1939 revue Set to Music , with the lyric: "Quite for no reason/I'm here for the season/And high as a kite,/Living in error/With Maud at Cap Ferrat/Which couldn't be right..." Cap Ferrat was named in 2012 as the second most expensive residential location in the world after Monaco. 43°41′15″N 7°19′45″E / 43.68750°N 7.32917°E / 43.68750; 7.32917 Hospitius Hospitius (in French , Hospice and anciently Sospis ) (died 21 May 581)
20-517: The English novelist W. Somerset Maugham in 1928, who lived there before and after World War II and until his death in 1965. The Villa Maryland was owned by the co-founder of Microsoft , Paul Allen . The Grand-Hôtel du Cap-Ferrat was bought by a subsidiary of Leonard Blavatnik 's Access Industries in 2007. Prominent former residents have included Paul Hamlyn and Boris Berezovsky . The English songwriter and playwright Noël Coward referenced
25-404: Was a French recluse who, according to tradition, had been a monk in his native Egypt towards the beginning of the 6th century. He immigrated to Gaul and retired to a dilapidated tower , situated on the peninsula of Cap Ferrat , a few miles east of Nice . The people of the environs frequently consulted him; he forewarned them on one occasion, about the year 575, of an impending incursion of
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