La Havre was destroyed during the Second World War, the city was rebuilt according to the plans of the architect Auguste Perret
Le Havre is an urban French commune and city in the Seine-Maritime department in the Haute-Normandie region of north-western France. It is situated on the right bank of the estuary of the river Seine on the English Channel south-west of the Pays de Caux. Its port is the second largest in France after that of Marseille for total traffic, and the largest French container port. The name Le Havre means "the harbour" or "the port". Largely destroyed during the Second World War, the city was rebuilt according to the plans of the architect Auguste Perret between 1945 and 1964. Only the town hall and the Church of Saint Joseph (107m high) were personally designed by Auguste Perret. In commending the reconstruction work UNESCO listed the city of Le Havre on 15 July 2005 as a World Heritage area of 133 hectares is one of the few inscribed contemporary sites in Europe. The architecture of the area is characterized by the use of precast concrete using a system of a modular frame of metres and straight lines
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Location: La Havre, France
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