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Antonio Virga has delivered, in the historic center of Cahors, the “Grand Palais”, a 7-theater cinema with a capacity of 1,051 spectators that is part of a master redevelopment plan for the Place Bessières, now dedicated to pedestrians.

Located on the north side of the historic center of the town of Cahors and a few steps away from the banks of the Lot River, this cinema stands on a former site dedicated to the army (today renamed Place Bessières). The project offered the opportunity to recreate and reinterpret the symmetry of the preexisting army barracks by occupying the area of the east wing of this complex, destroyed by fire in 1943. Previously serving as a parking lot, the Place Bessières has been transformed into a broad and welcoming urban space dedicated to pedestrians and protected by an existing canopy of trees.

Image Courtesy © Luc Boegly

• Architects: antonio virga architecte
• Project: Cinema in Cahors
• Location: Cahors, France
• Photography: Luc Boegly, Pierre Lasvenes
• Theater cinema and museum space: 3 653 m²
• Place Bessières urban space: 8 500 m²
• Year: December 2019

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