Casa Monte Tabor
villa in Ticino, Switzerland
Casa Monte Tabor is a cultural-historic significant building in Porto Ronco, a district of Ronco sopra Ascona, in the Swiss canton of Ticino. In 1931, writer Erich Maria Remarque (1898–1970) bought the villa and lived there until his death. His wife Paulette Goddard (1910–1990) inherited the property from him. After her death the canton of Ticino, because of taxes (inheritance), confiscated the property, which was owned by different people after that.
Casa Monte Tabor is also known as Villa Tabor, Villa Remarque or Villa Remarque Goddard.
Location
Casa Monte Tabor stands on a hillside on a lake property at the northern bank of the eastern part of Lake Maggiore in Switzerland, about 10 m (33 ft) apart from the water. Directly beyond the property the cantonal road between Ascona and Brissago passes by. The street is only overlooked by the third floor. Along the shore, Ascona (to the north) and Brissago (to the south) are each about 3 km (1.9 mi) away.
The name Casa Monte Tabor is derived from its location below Monte Tabor, which was named after the biblical Mount Tabor in Galilee (Israel).
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