Audrey Hepburn’s Swiss Retreat La Paisible Lists for $21 Million
The 12-bedroom home on a 40-acre lot was owned by the screen legend for the last 30 years of her life.
La Paisibile is an 18th century farmhouse that was home to a Hollywood icon.
Source: Knight FrankThe Swiss villa owned by screen icon Audrey Hepburn has hit the market. The 18th century farmhouse in the scenic village of Tolochenaz, Switzerland, around a 30-minute drive from Geneva airport, was owned by Hepburn from 1963 until her death in 1993—she is buried in the town’s cemetery. In 2001, Hepburn’s sons sold their mother’s rural retreat to Katharina Beaujolin and her husband, Jean-Marc Beaujolin, the former chairman of import-export business Europ Continents Services SA.
“The house is called ‘La Paisible’ which means ‘peaceful place,’ and it really is a peaceful place. It has quite the amazing atmosphere,” says Katharina Beaujolin, speaking exclusively to Bloomberg about the sale. She says she and her husband were looking for a large property to bring up their six children and they fell in love with the house for the calm feeling it exuded and its generous size—its previous owner being a Hollywood legend was a fun bonus.