The Château de la Garoupe, formerly owned by Russian Boris Berezovski on the Côte d'Azur, is up for sale

"This real estate gem on the +French Riviera+, built for an English Lord and through which Pablo Picasso, Cole Porter and Ernest Hemingway passed, represents an exceptional architectural and cultural heritage and its acquisition offers a unique opportunity to own a residence of prestige steeped in history in an enchanting setting", promises in its press release the Agency for the management and recovery of seized and confiscated assets (Agrasc).

Located in Cap d'Antibes, the estate, which enjoys a "stunning panoramic view of the Mediterranean Sea", it boasts, consists of a mansion as well as five other buildings serving as outbuildings or premises. housing, all deployed on a landscaped park of about 10 hectares which has a swimming pool, a jacuzzi and a tennis court.

From June 16 to July 17, those interested in acquiring the property can come forward "by submitting a presentation file to the notary of Agrasc", specifies the latter. Successful candidates will then be able to submit their offers from September 2023.

The Garoupe castle, like the neighboring property of the Garoupe bell tower, had been confiscated by the courts as the proceeds of an aggravated money laundering offense committed by an investment company (Sifi) and its manager, Jean-Louis Bordes, considered fake noses of the real funder and owner: Boris Berezovski.

French justice, requested by Russia, took more than 10 years to unravel a web of companies around the world and trace the flows of money used for the acquisition for 8,4 million euros, via the company Sifi, from the Garoupe castle in December 1996, then the following year from the Garoupe bell tower acquired for 13,5 million euros.

Since the visits of the imperial family in the middle of the 1989th century, the Côte d'Azur has continued to enjoy incredible popularity with Russians and in particular the new rich who acquired properties there after the fall of the Berlin wall. in XNUMX. Boris Berezovski was one of the first to set his sights on Cap d'Antibes.

Eminence grise of Boris Yeltsin, who fell out of favor when Vladimir Putin came to power, the businessman went into exile in London where he became a fierce opponent of the Kremlin. In March 2013, he was found hanged in his private residence, in unclear circumstances.