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Le Plongeoir #2 Blue Hour. Nice

At the end of the nineteenth century, the ladies of the Belle Epoque came to drink tea or eat in the base of a majestic fishing boat, perched a little over six meters above the water. With its typical kiosk, it became one of the most popular stopovers of Nice and tourists.

Below the facade was a reserve - which gave its name to the place - oysters and crustaceans in basins communicating with the sea.

In 1941, the damaged fishing boat, the architect René Livieri and his client decided to give a new life to this place by giving birth to the Plongeoir. Thanks to Livieri, three sumptuous platforms, in the purest Art Deco style, stood up against the Big Blue, allowing young people to practice diving

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Uploaded on September 5, 2018
Taken on September 3, 2018