Built to withstand storms, the house is clad in Saturnia marble, and the living areas and pool are elevated about 17 feet above sea level.

Like their Aryan kinsmen, they dreamed of primeval Saturnia regna, and looked forward to a regeneration which is to restore the reign of peace.

Some years before a butterfly-collector from Vienna had discovered there the caterpillar of the beautiful Saturnia c�cigena, found previously only in Dalmatia.