The sun caresses the National Theater of Nice, a block of gray marble 28 meters high, 25 wide and around 50 meters long. Together with the Museum of Modern and Contemporary Art, commonly known as Mamac, the building forms an ensemble designed by architect Yves Bayard, inaugurated in 1989 on the Promenade des Arts. At the time of its construction, the Paillon river was already covered with a thick layer of concrete and served as a parking lot for the inhabitants. The cultural edifice voluntarily turns its back on it, just like on the sea. But thirty years later, the city has evolved. The car park has become a green promenade, also called the green belt by the people of Nice. The architecture of the surrounding buildings contrasts with the clean and modern style of the theater.The municipal desire to extend the tree-lined route to the Palais des Expositions finally decided the fate of the performance hall. On October 7, municipal officials finally voted to destroy the building
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