The husband of the Countess who owned this area of land at the beginning of the 20th century was a diplomat in Morocco. That explains the style of the palace on the left, which is now a luxury B&B. The white tower in the middle of the image is a signalling tower of the French Navy and so it is a military property. The rock on the right was used by the Countess as a botanical garden, and the ruined walls were designed as a protection against the winds for some of the plants. That rock is an island at high tide. It appears darker on the picture because I purposefully timed the shot so as to have the shadow of a cloud just passing over the rock, in order to break the uniformity of the lighting over the picture.
