Juan-les-Pins

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Juan -les-Pins [ ˌ ʒy ɑ.lepɛ ] is a seaside resort on the Côte d' Azur. The place belongs to the town of Antibes is located in the department of Alpes- Maritimes in the Région Provence -Alpes- Côte d' Azur. The village center ( bounded by the sea, the Rue Courbet and the Chemin du crouton ) housed 4,993 inhabitants in 2008. Nice is about 20 km to Cannes and a good twelve kilometers.

History

The summer and winter resort was built in 1925 as a suburb of Antibes on the southern beginning of the peninsula and was soon the target relaxation -seeking tourists. Numerous luxury hotels and stylish private villas with spacious grounds made ​​Juan- les-Pins, a much frequented and expensive seaside resort. Especially American artists and business people spent here a "time of idleness and a thousand parties ", like the one the U.S. writer Scott Fitzgerald described. Marlene Dietrich, Gary Cooper, Josephine Baker or Coco Chanel were among the prominent guests from Juan- les-Pins.

Also since 1960 the Jazz Festival held there Jazz à Juan, which Festival and the North Sea Jazz Festival is one of the most famous in Europe in addition to the Montreux Jazz, contributed to the fame of this place, which has a long sandy beach. Juan -les-Pins is a symbol of decadent luxury in the pop song Where do you go to ( My Lovely ) by Peter Sarstedt (1969).

Juan -les-Pins was often stage of the Tour de France and whereabouts of famous people. Supposedly, this also includes water skiing was invented. In the opening credits of the series The Two starring Roger Moore and Tony Curtis you can see the place in the background.

Hotel Provençal

1927 built the multi-millionaire Frank Jay Gould in Juan -les-Pins Hotel Provençal, which was decommissioned in 1976 and since then has been empty. The hotel and the story of Juan -les-Pins, in the documentary " Hotel Provencal. The Rise and Fall of the Riviera " by Lutz Hachmeister theme (ZDF / arte 2000). The building is now known as one of the largest hotel ruins in the world. At a renovation is in progress. In the former luxury hostel were numerous celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin, Lilian Harvey and Man Ray as a guest. By visiting numerous jazz musicians at the Hotel Provençal after the end of the Second World War, Juan -les-Pins developed as a jazz stronghold.

Personalities

Some famous people are connected with this place. Here lived or died, among other things:

  • Julius Brammer lived here since 1940 in exile and died on April 18, 1943
  • The jazz musician Sidney Bechet (1897-1959) was very common here on the stage and married Elisabeth Ziegler in Antibes his wife. He is also buried here.
  • Lilian Harvey died here in 1968.
  • Liselott Linsenhoff died here in 1999.
  • The author Graham Greene lived for many years retired in the city.
  • French actor Dominique Guillo spent his childhood here.
  • The French actor and singer Georges Milton died here in 1970.
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