La Villa Louis in

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, France, was built in 1864 for Pierre Joseph Pasquet to be used as a casino. In 1903 he married Elisa Auber,

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's daughter, and modify the building to be use as a villa. The French architect Jean Alexandre Navarre add the first floor with the

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loggia on the sea side. The ceramics of the both side of the house are the works of

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. It is a listed

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since 1998. Casino Maison dite le Castel Louis

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