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China, Shanghai, the distinctive brown-tiled Moller Villa, located at the corner of South Shaanxi Road & Yan'an Middle Road in the French Concession area.

A colonial-era mansion built in 1936 by a Swedish shipping tycoon Eric Moller, who came to live in Shanghai in 1919. The building features a unique blend of Gothic & Nordic style, reflecting the Moller family history & based on his daughter’s dream.

 

This magical colourful villa with Gothic spires, gables & towers, Chinese-style glazed vibrant multi-coloured tiles, dormer windows & Buddha statues everywhere, creates a feeling like in a mysterious village. The interior is really worth visiting, Moller decorated the interior of this dream villa like a luxurious cruise ship. The floors were paved with fine wooden strips to form the pattern of seaweed.

 

Eric Moller was a passionate fan of horse racing, earning big sums of money in horse racing that he reinvests on farms & real-estate. He also was a prominent member of the Shanghai Horse Racing Club. His treasured horse, the Arab stud stallion Blonic Hill was put to rest in a tomb built in the Moller Villa's gardens, a bronze statue stands today in the garden in honour of his horse.

 

In 2001 the Hengshan Group began to make meticulous renovation to the villa, preserving its original architectural style & its former glory while also adding a few additions to the site in order to convert it into a luxury hotel, named now the Hengshan-Moller Villa Hotel, a member of Historic Hotels Worldwide since 2019.

 

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