Jean Cocteau in garden of Ana von Bismarck's Cortijo Blanco 1961 |
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RUTA Jean Cocteau in Marbella
by Chris Chaplow and Fiona Flores Watson
Here is a list of the places mentioned in the article Jean Cocteau in Marbella.
Casa Ana
House of Ana von Bismarck in Cortijo Blanco. A photo of Cocteau in the garden is in Sala Cocteau. Just to west of Marbella Club Hotel
Marbella Club Hotel
Hotel opened by German aristocrat Prince Hohenlohe in 1954, converted from his own house, Finca Santa Margarita, by adding bungalows in the Gardens. Managed by Conde Rudi. More>
Bulevar Alfonso von Hohenlohe (Location)
La Maroma
Decoration shop run by Ana de Pombo - tea room, boutique, and meeting place. (now demolished)
Corner of Calle Enrique del Castillo and Avenida Ramon y Cajal.
Finca Merced
House of Ana de Pombo by the new polideportivo
Finca Malibu
Owned by Edgar Neville, then Sean Connery.
Demolished in 2002, replaced by a block of flats of same name. Sean Connery was petitioned in his retirement in the Bahamas to appear in court in Marbella over irregularities in this sale known as 'Caso Goldfinger'. Sean Connery never retruned to Spain. Beachfront house in El Rodeo just west of Puerto Banus. More>
Sala Cocteau
Location of the 2013 to 2021 permanent exhibition of Jean Cocteau memorabilia donated by Pepe Carleton in Centro Cultural Cortijo Miraflores
Calle José Luis Morales Marin. 29601 Marbella (to the south of the AP7 motorway, exit 184) Tel 952 90 27 14
Museo Grabados Marbella
Location of the 2021 to present permanent exhibition of Jean Cocteau memorabilia donated by Pepe Carleton. Calle Hospital Bazan in Marbella old town. Tel: 952 765 741 (Location)
Las Cañas
House owned by Duquesa de Alba, Playa Casablanca
El Camelo de Oro
Tea room owned by Pepe Carleton at Santa Petrolino
Villa El Martinete
The House of Antonio El Bailador. He purchased the plot at the front in the 1950s, started construction in 1959, and opened his summer residence in 1961. He named it after the flamenco style that he introduced to the dance world for the first time. Cocteau drew a picture on the base of the swimming pool, which Antonio later converted into a mosaic. This survived the villa's many enlargements until 2022. Antonio died in 1996, and while most of his estate was auctioned in 2000, the villa was not sold until 2018, when it fetched a reserve price of €15 million. In 2022, the villa was extensivly reformed and the swimming pool enlarged. Sadly, the original Jean Cocteau dolphin was replaced with a copy of a Picasso sketch taken from a handwritten note to Antonio. Clearly, Picasso, who had not visited Spain since 1943, had never been to Villa El Martinete. Why was a direct link with one famous artist replaced with an indirect link with another? Los Rodeos, Marbella.
Ana de Pombo
A fashion shop, florist, dance studio and hairdressers - first boutique in Marbella
Avenida Ricardo Sorriano (corner of Calle Huerta Chica) Ana de Pombo biography
Ana de Pombo's
Opened 1964. She placed a cannon in the street outside which is still there. It closed in 1968 due to her ill health. Calle Valdes, 3.
Plaza de la Naranjas, Marbella old town.
 Cannon placed by Anna de Plombo at entrance to Orange Square Marbella |
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Chalet
Ana de Pombo purchased house for Cocteau in 1963; he never lived there, as he died soon after. In 1978 she sold the chalet. Nagúeles district.
