Museum/Gallery

The Eureka Mansion, an English colonial style, is one of the largest and best preserved 19th century houses on the island. It was built in 1830 by the English entrepreneur Carr. In 1856, the estate was purchased by the French aristocrat Eugene le Colesio. The new owners planted the plantation with sugar cane and built the Eureka Sugar Factory. Seven generations of the Colesio family have lived in this magnificent estate in an atmosphere of romanticism, family values ​​and surrounded by a beautiful park. Representatives of this family include artists, writers, poets, doctors and entrepreneurs. Writer Jean-Marie Gustave Le Clézio received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2008. In 1984, the estate was sold to Jacques de Maroussem, who created a museum of colonial life and a small restaurant serving Creole cuisine here. Museum visitors can walk through the rooms of the mansion, which have preserved the furnishings of the 19th century. Here you can see antique carved furniture made of rosewood, mahogany and ebony, antique porcelain, paintings, books. The house is located at the foot of hillsurrounded by a large tropical garden, which is bordered on one side by the Moka River. There is a walking trail the shore leading to four small waterfalls, in the streams of which you can swim.