Many French villas and other colonial buildings in states ranging from gentle decay to renovation are in evidence around Phnom Penh.

Prosecutors say he spent the money on a yacht, a French villa and gambling sprees.

Finally he brings the car to a halt in front of a charming old French villa.

Harkinson said that the roofs "almost evoke French villas."

It's oddly placed alongside a French baroque villa, amid fake Berber tents pitched in a formal garden - but don't let that deter you.

Like the French villas and English manses of old, the Kurian Order Great Homes are built to impress.

High above the whitecapped seas is an archetypal French seaside villa, all blue turrets and green shutters and steep-pitched roofs.

It was an ugly sprawl of tents and hootches built around an old French villa in the middle of a rubber plantation.

We passed the stark ruins of a French villa with an 180-degree view of the hazy mountains.