The €60m mansion that was used as a central location for Paul McGuinness s hit television series Riviera must be demolished, a judge in France has ruled.
The Renaissance-style palace, nestled in the hills above the Riviera, is owned by property tycoon Patrick Diter, but it was found to have been built without planning permission.
The ruling was handed down by the Cour de Cassation, France s highest court dealing with such matters, and ends a 15-year high-profile legal battle between Mr Diter and some wealthy neighbours.
Known as Villa Carmella, the faux-Italianate villa appeared throughout series one and two as the home of American art curator Georgina Marjorie Clios, played by actress Julia Stiles.
Infamous €57m French Chateau Diter ordered for demolition
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Infamous €57m French Chateau Diter ordered for demolition
The demolition of an illegally-constructed “neo-Renaissance style” property has been definitively ordered in the latest court ruling
11 December 2020
Chateau Diter has been ordered - definitively - for demolition, as it was found to have been built illegallyBy Hannah Thompson
An infamous €57million French chateau that was built illegally in the Côte d’Azur has been definitively condemned for total destruction, in what is expected to be the final stage of a 15-year-long court case.