Villa Furtado-Heine is a historic mansion in Nice,

Alpes-Maritimes Alpes-Maritimes (; oc, Aups Maritims; it, Alpi Marittime, "Maritime Alps") is a department of France located in the country's southeast corner, on the Italian border and Mediterranean coast. Part of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, it ...

, France. It was built from 1784 to 1787. It was the home of French-Jewish philanthropist

Cécile Furtado-Heine Cécile Furtado-Heine, born Cécile Charlotte Furtado, was a French philanthropist. She was born in Paris on March 6, 1821 and died on December 10, 1896. Biography Cécile Furtado was born in Paris on March 6, 1821 to a Jewish family of Sephar ...

, who donated it to the government for the convalescent of army officers following return of the French expeditionary force of Madagascar. It has been listed as an official national monument since June 10, 1961.

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Houses completed in 1787 Monuments historiques of Nice {{France-struct-stub