Brigitte Bardot: what does La Madrague, her sublime house in Saint-Tropez, look like ?

Since 1958, Brigitte Bardot has lived at La Madrague, an emblematic house in Saint-Tropez. This place of tranquility, shared with her animals, offers the cinema icon a peaceful life, far from prying eyes.

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IN BRIEF

• Brigitte Bardot has lived at La Madrague, her home in Saint-Tropez, since 1958, where she has set up her foundation for animals.
• La Madrague, purchased for 24 million old francs, is a simple and rustic house, far from luxury, surrounded by nature and animals.
• Brigitte Bardot plans to transform La Madrague into a museum after her death, allowing the public to discover her unique lifestyle.

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This is not just an ordinary house, it is a true sanctuary for Brigitte Bardot. For the former cinema icon, it is even the place of a lifetime. This is where she has lived since 1958, where she works, where she set up her animal foundation, where she lives far from the media and where she feels good. La Madrague is inseparable from BB, just as BB is from La Madrague. This residence in Saint-Tropez to which she has even dedicated a song with lyrics that have become legendary.

This fisherman's house in the small southern town caught her eye two years after the triumph of And God… created woman. The then 24-year-old actress listened to her parents, who owned La Saravia in Saint-Tropez, visit this villa “with your feet in the water”. And love at first sight was immediately and for 24 million old francs, Brigitte Bardot became the owner. From this workers' villa, she turned it into an exceptional house that she spent years shaping.

BB likes “rustic houses”

“La Madrague suffers from a certain dilapidation, without running water, only a well that dries up in summer. People do their dishes and wash themselves there with sea water…”, Yves Bigot recounted in Brigitte Bardot: The Most Beautiful and Scandalous Woman in the World. He then recounted the first years that BB spent there. “She cooks simple and fragrant food there and serves herself at the table, her waist draped in a small-checked apron that taunts the designers. Naked in the sun, no luxury brands, no jewelry, no furs“, he recounted.

“I love rustic houses, I love houses that are comfortable, but not luxurious. That's it, I don't like luxury, the splash of luxury”, she said decades ago. According to the JDD, BB's house has remained simple: “royal blue canvas blinds”, “roughcast walls”, “swimming pool hidden behind a low wall”. And lush nature. Reeds, bougainvillea, myrtles, strawberry trees… And lots of animals. Cats, dogs of course, but also birds that nest in her dovecote.

The estate is made up of three houses, the main one, one for friends and one for the caretaker. But this dream house is also Brigitte Bardot's nightmare. Because over the years, Saint-Tropez has become a refuge for the ultra-rich and tourists, many of whom come to La Madrague. No matter, to protect her privacy, BB has planned everything. Even if she would prefer not to be the star of the 7th art who has capsized several generations.

That's where that Brigitte Bardot wants to be buried

Still in love with her house, it's there that she will rest. “I chose a little spot near the sea, which was approved by the authorities. I prefer to rest there than in the Saint-Tropez cemetery, where a crowd of assholes could damage the tomb of my parents and grandparents. I want them to be left alone”, she confided with her usual frankness. When she dies, people will finally be able to enter her sanctuary.

Because Brigitte Bardot plans to turn La Madrague into a museum. “For two or three euros, which will feed the foundation's coffers, the public will be able to visit my fishermen's house which will be left in its original state, she wrote in her book Larmes de combat. (…). My interior and my way of life will be offered to the curious. But for once, the idolatry of which I have been the object during my existence will finally be justified, because it will be for a good cause.”