Built at the entrance to the town of Jausiers by the architect Eugène Marx, the Villa Morelia, completed in 1900, bears the name of the town where its patron Rémi Audiffred, founder of the Puerto de Liverpool in Morelia, in the state of Michoacan, worked.
Description
Among the thirteen villas designed by Eugène Marx, the Villa Morelia stands out for its astonishing verticality, reinforced by the treatment of the porch and the narrowness of the windows and French windows.
With this new example of a villa-castle, the Marseille architect strives to highlight the asymmetrical effect of the facades, contrasting the northern facade, with its relatively small openings, with the southern facade which benefits, thanks to its avant-corps, from a very large opening on the side with the best exposure.
Inside, the traditional kitchen-office combination is enriched with additional service rooms with the appearance of the scullery (dishwashing room), a small volume located above the north-west elevation, and the pantry (a room where goods are received in kind and where service staff and suppliers are paid). These two rooms are served independently by a secondary staircase.
Villa Morélia now houses a hotel.