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On an abandoned barracks railing behind the Polygone shopping centre on the Place de la Comédie, the Catalan Ricardo Bofill designed a district of the future on 400,000 square metres.
Mayor Georges Frêche, who commissioned Bofill, transformed Montpellier from 1977 to 2004. Antigone extends the city centre to the banks of the river Lez.
Even the social housing here is monumental. The swimming pool has Olympic dimensions. And the central axis of the quarter with parks and fountains, enlivened by the Halles Jacques Cœur market hall, cafés and restaurants, is 1800 metres long, almost as long as the Champs-Élysées in Paris.
Next to the architectural quotations from Roman and Greek antiquity, Ricardo Bofill placed an angular triumphal arch made of glass and concrete for the Conseil Général des Departements. Paul Chemetov and Borja Huidobro also used a lot of glass and concrete in the Émile Zola Central Media Library.
Despite all the gigantomania, the Catalan has created an urban living space that does not appear oppressive, but leaves room for people to live. Fountains, squares and green spaces skilfully set off his monumental buildings.
Auf einem aufgegebenen Kasernengeländer hinter dem Einkaufszentrum Polygone an der Place de la Comédie entwarf der Katalane Ricardo Bofill auf 400.000 Quadratmetern ein Stadtviertel der Zukunft.
Bürgermeister Georges Frêche, der Bofill beauftragt hatte, krempelte Montpellier von 1977 bis 2004 kräftig um. Antigone verlängert die Innenstadt zum Flussufer des Lez.
Selbst die Sozialwohnungen sind hier Monumentalbauten. Das Schwimmbad hat olympische Maße. Und die zentrale Achse des Viertels mit Parkanlagen und Brunnen, die mit der Markthalle Halles Jacques Cœur, Cafés und Restaurants belebt wurde, ist mit 1800 Metern fast so lang wie die Champs-Élysées von Paris.
Neben die Architekturzitate aus römischer und griechischer Antike stellte Ricardo Bofill einen kantigen Triumphbogen aus Glas und Beton für den Conseil Général des Departements. Viel Glas und Beton verbauten Paul Chemetov und Borja Huidobro auch in der zentralen Mediathek Émile Zola.
Trotz aller Gigantomanie hat der Katalane einen städtischen Lebensraum geschaffen, der nicht erdrückend wirkt, sondern den Menschen Raum zum Leben lässt. Gekonnt setzen Brunnen bestandene Plätze und Grünflächen seine Monumentalbauten.
Source: meinfrankreich.com
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Montpellier Cathedral (French: Cathédrale Saint-Pierre de Montpellier) is a Roman Catholic church located in the city of Montpellier, France. The cathedral is a national monument, and the seat of the Archdiocese of Montpellier. It is in the Gothic architecture style.
The church was originally attached to the monastery of Saint-Benoît, which was founded in 1364. The building was elevated to the status of cathedral in 1536, when the see of Maguelonne was transferred to Montpellier. After the building suffered extensive damage during the Wars of Religion between Catholics and Protestants in the 16th century, it was rebuilt in the 17th.
Montpellier si trova nel sud della Francia, a 11 km dal Mar Mediterraneo. Oggi, Montpellier è la 7ª città della Francia per popolazione, ed è anche una delle poche città con più di 100.000 abitanti che negli ultimi cinquant'anni ha visto un aumento della popolazione, la quale è quasi raddoppiata in questo periodo. L'area metropolitana conta 516.360 abitanti.
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