Asiatica has a large collection of Asian art and artefacts, the late 19th century Russian Orthodox church on 8 Avenue de l’Impératrice, which was built for visiting Russian nobility, and the Imperial Chapel on (perhaps appropriately) Avenue de la Reine Victoria, which was built at the request of Empress Eugénie, wife of Napoleon III. A guided tour gives visitors a glimpse of Biarritz during the Second Empire in the mid-nineteenth century.