Château de la Croë

The Château de la Croë is a large detached villa situated in eight hectares of grounds on the Cap d'Antibes peninsula of the French Riviera (Côte d'Azur), in the Alpes-Maritimes department of Southern France.

The classical-style château was designed by architect Armand-Albert Rateau and built in 1927 for Sir Pomeroy Burton, general manager of Associated Newspapers.

[6] The Greek shipping magnate Aristotle Onassis owned the château from 1950 to 1957,[7] selling it after his wife, Athina Livanos, found him in bed with her friend, the socialite Jeanne Rhinelander.

[8] The house was then acquired by Onassis's brother-in-law and business rival, Stavros Niarchos, who bought it for his wife, Eugenia Livanos, Athina's sister.

[10] As of April 2022, due to the ongoing invasion of Ukraine the chateau has been seized by the French government because of sanctions against Russian oligarchs.