These celebrities own a private mansion in Paris
From one end of the capital to the other, these properties have caught the eye of global stars. Overview in a few photos.
Celine Dion’s former villa put up for sale in Villa Montmorency, Paris.© Kretz
Celine Dion, in the Villa Montmorency
Available on the Sotheby’s website in 2016 for 9 million euros, before being withdrawn in favor of the Krezt agency for nearly 15 million euros last October, Céline Dion’s private mansion in Paris appears , has since disappeared from the real estate market. This property of more than 600 square meters is located in the heart of Villa Montmorency, the most exclusive gated residence in Paris where many celebrities live, from Mylène Farmer to Xavier Niel. In the 16th centurye arrondissement, a stone’s throw from the Bois de Boulogne, the property was acquired by René Angélil and Céline Dion in 2008, until she decided to relinquish it after the death of her husband. In recent months, Céline Dion’s private mansion had a price of 14.9 million euros on the Kretz agency website, struggling to find a buyer until the ad recently disappeared. But has it even been sold? The secret remains intact.
Bernard Tapie’s private mansion, Paris.© Chip HIRES/Gamma Rapho/Getty Images.
Bernard Tapie, rue des Saint-Pères
Meet in front of the Hôtel de Cavoye. The Parisian address, former property of Bernard Tapie, is 600 m2 of apartments and nearly 1000 m2 garden and paved courtyard, in the heart of the 7th arrondissement of Paris. Acquired in 1986, the private mansion on rue des Saints-Pères, built in the 17th century, is an architectural gem whose original facade and portal are listed as a Historic Monument. Having previously belonged to the fashion designer Hubert de Givenchy, the mansion bought by Bernard Tapie for nearly 100 million francs at the time is experiencing financial and legal twists and turns. Reception rooms, library and state apartments, the stone residence rises in a 16th century decor between marble rooms, woodwork, stone paving and carved wooden banisters. In this golden square on the Left Bank, the mansion is adorned with silverware with a golden lion’s head, and more than 180 exceptional works of art accumulated over more than thirty years. Entrusted to decorator Jacques Grange, the Parisian residence was refurnished with Louis XV furniture and a contemporary touch brought by the Bouroullec brothers, upon the purchase of the residence, upon the death of the businessman. When Bernard Tapie left, in October 2021, a regular at the place confided to Le Parisien: “He let it deteriorate for a long time to avoid it being taken from him”. Before continuing: “He would even cut off the electricity when the bailiffs approached. »
© Courtesy of Philippe Menager-Nicolas Hug.
Natalie Portman, on the Champ-de-Mars
American actress Natalie Portman graduated from Harvard, revealed by Luc Besson in the film Leo and Oscar winner for her role in Black Swan, moved to Paris in 2016 to live with choreographer Benjamin Millepied and his two children. Recently divorced, the Hollywood star – who put her Californian villa up for sale – treated herself to a brand new residence in the French capital for 15.2 million euros. The former embassy built in 1912, and bought by French businessman Yves Vatelot in the 1990s, has been completely renovated and today stands out as a unique mansion of its kind. The architectural setting of the 7th arrondissement of Paris, located a few steps from the Eiffel Tower and nestled on the edge of the Champ-de-Mars gardens, extends over 550 square meters.
The garden is a French-style island of greenery with its trimmed boxwoods, its groves of white magnolias and its plants climbing along the walls. The doors, covered with mirrors, create a trompe-l’oeil effect. (Vogue, 1974.)© Photo by Horst P. Horst/Conde Nast via Getty Images
The Schlumberger family, in Saint-Germain-des-Prés
Nothing suggests that this small street on the Left Bank, between the Saint-Sulpice church and the Luxembourg gardens, is home to a private mansion which was the home of a great French dynasty. Originally from Alsace, the Schlumberger family made their fortune in the 20th century thanks to their success in mining prospecting and the exploitation of oil deposits, then multiplying the family businesses between finance, textiles and electronics – they are elsewhere closely linked to the Seydoux, their heirs. When the private mansion on rue Férou, at number 6 exactly, was acquired by the Schlumberger couple in 1970, they decided to completely renovate it. Recognizable by its wrought iron gate surmounted by two terracotta sphinxes, the residence reveals bas-reliefs by the sculptor François-Joseph Duret and a large long balcony on the first floor.
The large main staircase which leads to the upper floors.© Vincent Leroux / directed by Olivier Foltzer
Lenny Kravitz in the 16th century
Lenny Kravitz has a sure eye for beautiful things. After two years of work, the 1,500 m² of this residence, renamed Villa Roxie in homage to the singer’s mother, the actress Roxie Roker, bears no resemblance to the 5-star palaces found from Miami to Shanghai. Here are the sofas Togo by Michel Ducaroy, chests of drawers by Paul Evans, pieces by Gabriella Crespi, Ado Chale, Karl Springer, Philippe Hiquily and Joe Colombo which occupy most of the spaces, from the living room to the monumental staircase. This welcomes at its summit ” the monster “one of Paul Evans’ most beautiful works, to which the singer gave this nickname and which has been following him for several years already.
