Hôtel Palace-Cyrnos

English translation

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History

In the 1870s, Miss Elisé Campbell, a wealthy English woman allied to the royal family, chose to reside in Ajaccio after having visited the islands of the Mediterranean. In 1883, she purchased the land on which the building would be constructed. All the materials necessary for construction were conveyed from England by boat. Around 1890, the building became a palace hotel. Originally, the edifice occupied a vast plot with views over the sea, in the midst of a garden. The main façade is preceded by a central porch with a single round arch. Two avant-corps frame the porch. The entire building is crowned with a prominent cornice resting on consoles. The garden façade is marked by two avant-corps framing superimposed galleries, supported by square pillars and balcony ironwork. A decoration of consoles with palmette scrolls ornaments these pillars. Inside, the apartments have been modernised and no longer contain any original décor, except for the ceiling painting of the stairwell. This edifice is an example of a private dwelling of the late 19th century, marking the passage of the wealthy English colony who came to winter on the island.