Alpes-Maritimes
Arrondissement of Nice
Menton

Fontana Rosa

Fontana Rosa is a historic garden situated on the Avenue Blasco Ibáñez in , , on the . The Spanish writer Vicente Blasco Ibáñez began to build it from 1922 on, and he set up home here with his second wife, Elena, and died there in 1928.
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  • Type: Park
  • Description: garden in Menton, France
  • Also known as: “Jardin des Romanciers”

Places of Interest Nearby

Highlights include Menton-Garavan station and Les Colombières.

Railway station
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
Menton-Garavan is a railway station in , , . is situated 100 metres east of Fontana Rosa.

Garden
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
is a villa in , in the department on the . The gardens of the villa were designed by Ferdinand Bac between 1918 and 1927. is situated 260 metres north of Fontana Rosa.

Castle
Photo: Tangopaso, Public domain.
is a castle, which is situated 240 metres north of Fontana Rosa.

Places in the Area

Nearby places include Balzi Rossi and Grimaldi.

Locality
Photo: Lemone, CC BY-SA 4.0.
The caves in comune, , , is one of the most important archaeological sites of the early Upper Paleolithic in Western Europe. It has been continually excavated by archaeologists for more than 150 years.

Village
Photo: Condor06, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a frazione of 281 inhabitants in the municipality of , in the province of . It is located near the French border of Ponte San Luigi.

Village
Photo: Jpchevreau, CC BY-SA 3.0.
is a commune in the department in southeastern . is situated 2½ km northwest of Fontana Rosa.

Fontana Rosa

Latitude
43.78558° or 43° 47′ 8″ north
Longitude
7.51603° or 7° 30′ 58″ east
Open location code
8FM9QGP8+6C
Open­Street­Map ID
way 208077792
Open­Street­Map feature
historic=­yes
Open­Street­Map feature
leisure=­park
Wiki­data ID
Q3076348
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In Other Languages

From Dutch to Spanish—“Fontana Rosa” goes by many names.

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Notable Places Nearby

Highlights include Parc Départemental du Pian and Mini-Golf du Pian.

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About Mapcarta. Data © OpenStreetMap contributors and available under the Open Database License". Text is available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 license, except for photos, directions, and the map. Description text is based on the Wikipedia page “Fontana Rosa”. Photo: Wikimedia, CC BY-SA 3.0.