Le Havre, France
Registration Year
2005
Registered Sector
Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
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- The city of Le Havre, on the English Channel in Normandy, was severely bombed during the Second World War. The destroyed area was rebuilt according to the plan of a team headed by Auguste Perret, from 1945 to 1964. The site forms the administrative, commercial and cultural centre of Le Havre. Amongst many reconstructed cities, Le Havre is exceptional for its unity and integrity. It combines a reflection of the earlier pattern of the town and its extant historic structures with the new ideas of town planning and construction technology. It is an outstanding post-war example of urban planning and architecture based on the unity of methodology and the use of prefabrication, the systematic utilization of a modular grid, and the innovative exploitation of the potential of concrete.
Registration Criteria
C (ii) to exhibit an important interchange of human values, over a span of time or within a cultural area of the world, on developments in architecture or technology, monumental arts, town-planning or landscape design;
C (iv) to be an outstanding example of a type of building, architectural or technological ensemble or landscape which illustrates (a) significant stage(s) in human history;
Contact
| Monsieur Edouard Philippe Maire du Havre | Hôtel de Ville B.P. 51 Le Havre, Cedex, France 76084 | Tel: +33.2 35.19.47.29 Fax: +33.2 35.19.48.51 Email: e.philippe@lehavre.fr |
| Madame Chantal Ernoult Adjointe au Maire en Charge des Affaires Culturelles | Ville du Havre BP 51 Le Havre, France 76084 | Tel: +33.2.35.19.42.59 Fax: +33.2.35.19.48.51 Email: chantal.ernoult@lehavre.fr |
| Madame Laurence Le Cieux Directrice du Patrimoine Culturel - UNESCO | Ville du Havre BP 51 Le Havre, France 76084 | Tel: +33.2.35.19.42.61 Fax: +33.2.35.19.44.23 Email: laurence.lecieux@lehavre.fr |