Villa Grock

Villa Grock, originally Villa Bianca, is a building in Imperia, Liguria. It was the home of Charles Adrien Wettach, a Swiss clown best known under his stage name Grock, who for a period was the most highly paid entertainer in Europe.

Photo: Waage, CC BY-SA 3.0.

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Olive Museum and Imperia railway station.

Olive Museum

Museum

Photo: Eric.Coffinet, Public domain.

Olive Museum is situated 550 metres west of Villa Grock.

Imperia railway station

Railway station

Photo: Falnini, CC BY-SA 4.0.

Imperia railway station is a railway station serving the city of Imperia, in Liguria, northwestern Italy. The station is located on the Genoa–Ventimiglia railway and was opened on 11 December 2016. The train services are operated by Trenitalia. Imperia railway station is situated 1 km west of Villa Grock.

San Giovanni Battista

Church

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San Giovanni Battista is a church, which is situated 670 metres south of Villa Grock.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Oneglia and Castelvecchio di Santa Maria Maggiore.

Oneglia

Suburb

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Oneglia is a former town on the Ligurian coast in northern Italy, in 1923 joined to Porto Maurizio to form the municipality of Imperia. The name is still used for the suburb.