UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret

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UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret, is a post-World War II modernist urban ensemble in the French port city of Le Havre, renowned for its innovative use of reinforced concrete and rational urban planning.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf UNESCO World Heritage Site
cultural heritage site
modernist urban ensemble
architect Auguste Perret
architecturalStyle modernism
post-war modernism
associatedWith Auguste Perret
surface form: Auguste Perret school of architecture

use of modular construction
continent Europe
country France
criteria (ii)
(iv)
governingBody Municipality of Le Havre
heritageCategory cultural
heritageDesignation UNESCO World Heritage Site
includes Avenue Foch, Le Havre
surface form: Avenue Foch (Le Havre)

Hôtel de Ville of Le Havre
Perret apartment blocks
Saint-Joseph Church, Le Havre
surface form: Saint-Joseph Church (Le Havre)

city center of Le Havre
inscribedBy World Heritage Committee
surface form: UNESCO World Heritage Committee
inscriptionYear 2005
knownFor coherent post-war reconstruction plan
innovative use of reinforced concrete
rational urban planning
languageOfOfficialName English
French
locatedIn France
Le Havre
Normandy
Seine-Maritime
mainArchitect Auguste Perret
materialInnovation exposed concrete aesthetic
notableMaterial reinforced concrete
officialName Le Havre, la ville reconstruite par Auguste Perret
Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
partOf Municipality of Le Havre
surface form: city of Le Havre
period post-World War II
protectionStatus protected under the World Heritage Convention
reconstructionEndApprox 1964
reconstructionStart 1945
significance major work of 20th-century architecture
outstanding example of post-war urban reconstruction
significantEvent reconstruction after World War II destruction
UNESCODocumentLanguage English
French
UNESCORegion Europe and North America
UNESCOSiteId 1181
urbanPlanningType grid plan
rationalist planning

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Auguste Perret hasWorkInCollection UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
Seine-Maritime hasUNESCOWorldHeritageSite UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
this entity surface form: Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret
World Heritage Sites in France includesSite UNESCO World Heritage Site: Le Havre, the city rebuilt by Auguste Perret
this entity surface form: Le Havre, the City Rebuilt by Auguste Perret