TEC4652794: Hotel de Ville de Boulogne Billancourt (Hauts de Seine). Architect Tony Garnier (1869-1948), 1931-1934. Built of weapon concrete, the building is seen as an exemplary town hall for the 20th century, a municipal factory characterized by the transparency of the counter hall with its three levels of suspended galleries., Garnier, Tony (1869-1948) / Bridgeman Images
MDA4653605: Les Halles de Boulingrin in in Reims (Marne). Ingenieur Eugene Freyssonet (1879-1962), architect Emile Maigrot (1880-1961). This building was built in 1927-1929, by the company Limousin, is covered by a spectacular thin parabolic vault in weapon concrete 7 cm thick, the building consists of a ground floor and a basement of 5700 square meters each and a peripheral mezzanine of 1800 square meters. In the first year, the building houses an exhibition on aviation and the halls operated until 1988 as a wholesale and retail walk. Destined to be demolized, they were classified as historical monuments in 1990 and have since been waiting to be rehabilitated to host a cultural programme., Maigrot, Emile (1880-1961) / Bridgeman Images
LBY4650476: La Cite des Popes, in Avignon (Vaucluse). In 1309, under Pope Clement V (ex archeveque of Bordeaux), Avignon became the residence of the popes, already possessing the countat Venaissin. In total, nine popes, including two schismatics, will succeed in the Popes' Palace and enrich it throughout the pontificates. Both fortress and palace, the papal residence was built between 1334 and 1363. For nearly a century it will be the seat of the Christian of the West. Seven popes and two anti popes succeeded. / Bridgeman Images