Saint-Tropez : Former tourist group Latitude 43
VarReference
PA00081795
Latitude
43.265550622877
Longitude
6.6319534994836
Address
19 Chemin des Tamaris 83990 Saint-Tropez
Construction era
2e quart 20e siècle
Protection date
1992/09/08 : inscrit MH
Protection cause
Façades, toitures-terrasses et parties communes (hall et espaces de circulation intérieurs et extérieurs) de l'immeuble principal ; appartements portant les n°s de lots 155 et 103 ; transformateur EDF ; composition du parc constituée d'une série d'emmarchements et d'un relief sculpté (cad. AH 158, 160) : inscription par arrêté du 8 septembre 1992
Description
The "Tourist Group" was designed by the architect Georges-Henri Pingusson in 1932 and was located on a site dominating the Gulf of Saint-Tropez. Its construction lasted six months, using reinforced concrete with hollow bricks. Originally, it included a large program with a hotel with 110 bedrooms (including 90 with bathrooms), a restaurant, a sports complex with swimming pools and tennis courts, a casino, shops and various service buildings (such as a water tower, a laundry room, garages, rooms for drivers and a transformer). The architect also designed the entire building, including furniture, lights, carpets and even staff costumes. Inaugurated on July 14, 1932, the hotel only worked for a few seasons. During the Second World War, he was requisitioned by the French, Italian, German, then American armies, from 1945 to 1947, he served as a rest center for the former prisoners returning from the concentration camps. From 1948, the building was transformed into apartments into a condominium.
