Odd News – La Criolla Houses

La Criolla Houses

On the site of the current Domaine des Hocquettes stood Villa Léa, a beautiful property built around 1860. Its owner, Auguste Marc, editor of the newspaper L’Illustration, had a mosque-shaped outbuilding and a tower with breathtaking views of Paris built there.

The mosque and the minaret (c)MUS, inv. 997.00.2306