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THE HIST OR Y OF PROVENCE  59

Winter Sports
Skiing has become Where to See
increasingly popular Modern Provence
(see p100). Isola 2000,
near Nice, a purpose- Some of the most striking modern
built, futuristic resort, architecture includes Le Corbusier’s
was built in 1971. Cité Radieuse in Marseille (see
p156), the Musée d’Art Moderne
et d’Art Contemporain in Nice
(see p89) and the Norman Foster-
designed Carré d’Art in Nîmes
(see p136). Large-scale rebuilding
programmes in towns such as
Colombe d’Or café Marseille (see pp154–6), St-Tropez
Once an artists’ haunt, this is (see pp122–6) and Ste-Maxime
now one of St-Paul de Vence’s (see p127) have concentrated
chic celebrity venues (see p79). on new buildings that blend
well with the existing ones.

St-Tropez
Successful post-war restoration
means it is often difficult to tell
new buildings from old.

Cannes Film Brigitte Bardot Kim Novak
Festival
First held in 1946, the festival (see p72) has become the
world’s annual film event, a glamorous jamboree of Fondation Maeght
directors, stars and aspiring starlets. And God Created The building reflects the modern
Woman, starring Brigitte Bardot, became a succès de use of traditional Provençal style
scandale in 1956. and materials (see pp80–81).

1998 Jacques Médecin 2001 TGV Méditerranée link with Paris launched Prince Albert II
dies in Uruguay, self-exiled
after a year in jail in France 2005 Prince Rainier III dies 2013 EU designates
and is succeeded by his Marseille as European
1992 Floods in only son, Prince Albert II Capital of Culture
Vaison-la-Romaine
1990 2000 2010 2020
2002 Euro replaces TGV 2016 Terrorist attack in Nice on
Franc as legal tender train Bastille Day claims 86 lives
1990 Jacques Médecin, Mayor of Nice, 2011 Prince Albert II marries Charlene Wittstock
flees to Uruguay to avoid trial for
corruption and tax arrears 2009 J M G Le Clézio wins the Nobel Prize for Literature