Antigone district in Montpellier, France
Huge semicircular neoclassical building in the Europe Square near the banks of the Lez river, located at Antigone district in Montpellier, France. At its center stands a copy of the famous Greco-Roman sculpture Winged Victory of Samothrace. The district was built under the leadership of mayor of Montpellier Georges Freche, from 1983. All of the architecture of the district was a project by the architect Ricardo Bofill, on a style inspired by the architecture of ancient Greece. Picture by Manuel Cohen
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13435241
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45139962
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7087px x 4520px
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Credit
Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans
Source
Photograph by Manuel Cohen
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