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Le Corbusier was a Swiss and French architect, leader of the International Style of architecture, born October 6, 1887, died August 27, 1965. His architectural theory of the ideal house was a "machine for living".
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The whole building is built on strong reinforced concrete legs that give it an aerial look though the general look is very massive, with extensive use of concrete, without any unnecessary adornments. Le Corbusier is one of the main instigators of modern, functional architecture.
Le Corbusier was the first who dared using raw concrete as a décor of its own. Of course, the formworks have to be especially good looking so that the figure of the boards will make an artwork, without anything added. This is now something widely admitted and practiced but in 1952, that was often considered as shocking ! Leave a Comment
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Designed by Le Corbusier after World War II and completed in 1952, the "Unité d'habitation" in Marseille, France was envisioned as a "machine for living in." When it was built, the people in Marseille called it "la maison du fada" (the house of the cracked one) !
One level of the building is now a hotel. Look at my hotel tip. Leave a Comment
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At each level, the "streets" are much wider than corridors and permanently lit. The walls are either covered with wood (first photo) or made of rough concrete or of "granito" (small pebbles embedded in the concrete but showing) (second photo).
Letterboxes are not all together at the ground level as usually but at each level, at the end of the "street" Leave a Comment
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Marseilles' bay is enclosed and protected by three offshore islands. The smallest, the Chateau d'If, is the best known.
The island was fortified by Frangais I in 1524 to defend the approaches to Marseilles from an attack by sea.
At the end of the 16th century, the work was completed by the walls which surround the island, a church and a guard house. Indeed well calculated and the Chateau d'If acted as deterrent by discouraging any potential attackers.
In 1634, the Chateau d'If became a state prison. Assuch it received many famous prisoners including the brother of the King of Poland (1638), Mirabeau and many others.
The most famous of all is doubtless Edmond Dantes, fictional hero of Alexandre Dumas' the "Count of Monte Cristo".
These days fiction has become fact and his cell is open to visitors (a national monument since 1926)!
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Instead of travelling by train,the bus (navette) from Saint Charles bus station in Marseille is cheaper,twice quicker and more frequent.
This picture shows the popular confectioner's La Cure Gourmande in Place de l'Hotel de Ville.There is another shop of La C.Gourmande in Marseille,19 rue La Canebière. Leave a Comment
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