International Volvo Photo Locations Part 369
1985 – Volvo 780 at Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes, France 🇫🇷.
1985 – Volvo 780 at Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes, France 🇫🇷.
1985 – Volvo 780 at Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes, France 🇫🇷.
2019 – Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes (Google Streetview)
2019 – Palais des Festivals et des Congrès on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes (Google Streetview)
Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes is located on Boulevard de la Croisette in Cannes in the south of France.
The Palais des Festivals et des Congrès (Palace of Festivals and Conferences) is a convention center in Cannes, France, the venue for the Cannes Film Festival and the Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity. The building opened in 1982.
The first Palais des Festivals et des Congrès was built in 1949 to host the Cannes Film Festival. The original building was located on the boulevard of Promenade de la Croisette on the present site of the JW Marriott Cannes. That building hosted the 4th and 6th Eurovision Song Contests in 1959 and 1961.
In response to the growing success of the Film Festival and the advent of the first business conventions, such as the MIPTV Media Market since 1965, the City of Cannes decided to build a new Palais in 1979. The new building, a six-story building designed in the Modernist style by the architects Sir Hubert Bennett and François Druet, was constructed on the site of the municipal Casino. It opened in December 1982 and was expanded in 1999 with the construction of the Espace Riviera, a new space of 10,000 square meters.
In January 1992, the Society of Mixed Economy for the Events of the city of Cannes (SEMEC), was created to manage the Palais. SEMEC resulted from the merger of three non-profit organizations: Cannes Tourism, the OMACC and the association Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congrès.
The Palais des Festivals is located at the top of blvd. de la Croisette, east of the port. It has an overall space capacity of 35,000 square meters for exhibitions, as well as numerous rooms and 18 auditoriums, the largest of which has a capacity of 2,300. It is the venue for the annual Cannes Film Festival (Festival de Cannes), and possesses “modern and high-tech facilities” for housing conferences throughout the year.
Flagship of the economy in Cannes, the Palais des Festivals et des Congrès in 2010 received a significant renovation including three indispensable phases of work. Three first areas have been extensively renovated over the past three summers (2013-2014 and 2015), the Grand Auditorium Louis Lumière, the foyer and the glass window.
In the fall 2015, the Palais des Festivals will have completed its modern renovation and will present to the Cannes Festival and the world a harmonious, bright and respectful environmental building. More than ever Cannes reinforces its radiation in France and abroad, and confirms its position of leader in the business tourism.
More information at en.wikipedia.org and en.palaisdesfestivals.com.
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