| Palais des Festivals et des Congrès | |
|---|---|
| Location | Cannes, France |
| Coordinates | 43°33′03.10″N7°01′02.10″E / 43.5508611°N 7.0172500°ECoordinates: 43°33′03.10″N7°01′02.10″E / 43.5508611°N 7.0172500°E |
| Operator | SEMEC |
| Built | 1949 |
| Architect | Sir Hubert Bennett and François Druet (second building) |
| Opened | 1949 (first building) December 1982 (second building) |
| Expanded | 1999 |
| 2,300 | |
| Enclosed space | |
| • Exhibit hall floor | 35,000 square metres (380,000 sq ft) |
| Tenants | |
| Cannes Film Festival Cannes Lions International Festival of Creativity | |
| Website | |
| www.palaisdesfestivals.com | |
Featuring a safety deposit box, lift and a private car park, Hotel Des Congres Et Festivals offers accommodation within 1.1 km from Church of Our Lady of Esperance. The property comprises 20 rooms. It is situated in the heart of Cannes, next to Rue Meynadier. Casino Cannes Le Palm Beach is. Jul 01, 2018 The Cannes Palais des Festivals et des Congres benefits from an exceptional location, by the sea, in the heart of the city. There are more interesting places to visit in Cannes. Not much to do and the casino - with options like Monte Carlo - make this a place lower on the list to visit, I think. Date of experience: December 2019.
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.
History[edit]
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 6thEurovision 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,[1] 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.
Today[edit]
The Palais des Festivals is located at the top of blvd. de la Croisette, east of the port.[2] 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.[3]
References[edit]
- ^Palais des Festivals et des Congrès de Cannes, Emporis
- ^Michelin Travel & Lifestyle (1 April 2012). Michelin Green Guide French Riviera. Michelin Travel & Lifestyle. p. 306. ISBN978-2-06-718258-5.
- ^Marijke de Valck (2007). Film Festivals: From European Geopolitics to Global Cinephilia. Amsterdam University Press. pp. 117–8. ISBN978-90-5356-192-8.
Media[edit]
- Institut National de l'Audiovisuel: Construction of the Palais des festivals (1947) (commentary in French)
Casino Palais Des Festivals Cannes Address
External links[edit]
Media related to Palais des festivals et des congrès de Cannes at Wikimedia Commons
| Preceded by AVRO Studios Hilversum | Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1959 | Succeeded by Royal Festival Hall London |
| Preceded by Royal Festival Hall London | Eurovision Song Contest Venue 1961 | Succeeded by Villa Louvigny Luxembourg City |
