The French riviera: from bétonisation to villes nouvelles
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8/20/2025

The French riviera: from bétonisation to villes nouvelles

The season of coastal development that transformed the coast into a political and architectural laboratory, between speculation and modernism

Author
Alessandro Benetti
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