Le Volcan, Eglise Saint-Joseph and apartments

Le Volcan or the Volcano, an apartment block designed by Auguste Perret and the tower of the Eglise Saint-Joseph or St Joseph's Church, built 1951-58 as a memorial to the 5000 citizens of the town who died during the Second World War, designed by Auguste Perret, 1874-1954, and Raymond Audigier, Le Havre, Normandy, France. Perret led the reconstruction of Le Havre in the 1950s, after the town was completely destroyed in WWII. The Volcano is an auditorium opened 1982, designed by Oscar Niemeyer, 1907-2012, and Jean-Maur Lyonnet, at the Maison de la Culture du Havre. The large volcano (left) contains a 1200 seat theatre and 350 seat cinema, while the small volcano (right) has a 500 seat hall and 80 seat auditorium and is now used as a reference library. The centre of Le Havre is listed as a UNESCO World Heritage Site. Picture by Manuel Cohen

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13435308

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45140755

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4673px x 7087px (9.6MB)

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Manuel Cohen / Mary Evans

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Photograph by Manuel Cohen