Bordighera lies in the Region of Liguria on the Coast of the Italian Riviera. Claude Monet, Bordighera. 1884. Oil on canvas (The Art Institute of Chicago).
"It is a magical and terribly difficult land, I would need a palette of diamonds and jewelleries." Claude Monet, Villas at Bordighera. 1884. Oil on canvas (Santa Barbara Museum of Art, California)
Claude Monet, Villas at Bordighera. 1884. Oil on canvas.
The Casa Coraggio (MacDonald's home in Bordighera) today. Via Vittorio Veneto.
Plaque at the Casa Coraggio.
The English Church next to the Casa Corragio. Now a local cultural centre.
Underground car park being constructed at the side of the English Church.
The tower of English Church seen through the trees.
George MacDonald's grave is in the Cimiterio degli Inglese, Via Al Camposanto (not far from the A10 Autostrada and following the Rio Sasso). Photo coutesy of Mark Grant
A contemporary postcard dated 1904 (the year before MacDonald's death).