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Port Grimaud Cite Lacustre Cote D Azur 54Port Grimaud, which comprises Provençal-style houses and Mediterranean influenced architecture, is a seaside dream-turned-reality.
Canals criss-cross the town, traffic is controlled and each house has its own mooring.
The architect’s goal was to create a new type of city, somewhere that was pleasant to live, with a range of amenities for residents.
Port Grimaud Cite Lacustre Cote D Azur (37)And then, you have the colours. Subtle, colourful shades, blending with the azure blue of the Mediterranean sea, , gleaming in the sun. The basic concept – which was revolutionary in the field of coastal design – is that of a village where land and sea are intertwined.
Sometimes copied, but never equaled, the “lagoon city” of Port Grimaud is a great architectural triumph.
This flamboyant, fifty year old town hasn’t aged a day and certainly deserved to be included on the list of France’s “20th century Heritage” sites in 2002.
