Cours Grandval

In the 1870s, Miss Elisé Campbell, a wealthy English ally of the royal family, chose to reside in Ajaccio after visiting the Mediterranean islands. In 1883, she bought the land on which the building would be constructed. All the materials necessary for the construction were brought from England by boat. Around 1890, the building became the palace hotel. Originally, the building occupied a large plot of land with a view of the sea, in the middle of a garden. The main façade is preceded by a central porch with a semi-circular arch. The porch is flanked by two forebays. The whole building is crowned by a strongly projecting cornice resting on brackets. The garden façade is marked by two forebodies framing superimposed galleries, supported by square pillars and balcony ironwork. These pillars are decorated with consoles with scrolls of palmettes. Inside, the apartments have been modernised and no longer have any original decoration, apart from the painting of the stairwell ceiling. This building is an example of a private residence from the end of the 19th century, marking the passage of the rich English colony that came to the island for winter holidays. Classified as a historical monument since 1990.