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.
Photo: Peb45, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Places of Interest Nearby
Highlights include Olive Museum and San Giovanni Battista.
Olive Museum
Museum
Photo: Eric.Coffinet, Public domain.
Olive Museum is situated 550 metres west of Villa Grock.
San Giovanni Battista
Church
Photo: Peb45, CC BY-SA 4.0.
San Giovanni Battista is a church, which is situated 670 metres south of Villa Grock.
Santissima Annunziata
Church
Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.
Santissima Annunziata is a church, which is situated 620 metres south of Villa Grock.
Places in the Area
Nearby places include Oneglia and Castelvecchio di Santa Maria Maggiore.
Oneglia
Suburb
Photo: Jk4u59, Public domain.
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.
Castelvecchio di Santa Maria Maggiore
Suburb
Photo: Jk4u59, Public domain.
Castelvecchio di Santa Maria Maggiore is a suburb.
Villa Grock
- Type: Monument
- Description: villa in Imperia, Italy
- Categories: villa, historic house museum, museum of a public entity, specialized museum, and historic site
- Location: Imperia, Province of Imperia, Liguria, Northwest Italy, Italy, Europe
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Latitude
43.89449° or 43° 53′ 40″ northLongitude
8.04463° or 8° 2′ 41″ eastOpen location code
8FMCV2VV+QVOpenStreetMap ID
node 441530541OpenStreetMap feature
historic=monumentWikidata ID
Q2525201
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In Other Languages
From Armenian to Swedish—“Villa Grock” goes by many names.
- Armenian: “Վիլլա Գրոկ”
- German: “Villa Grock (Imperia)”
- German: “Villa Grock”
- Italian: “Villa Grock”
- Swedish: “Villa Grock”
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Highlights include Giardino Villa Grock and Laghetto.
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