Credits: © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Caption: Façades colorées à Menton © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Credits: © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Caption: Façades colorées à Menton © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Credits: © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Caption: Façades colorées à Menton © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Credits: © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Caption: Façades colorées à Menton © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Credits: © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Caption: Façades colorées à Menton © Commission du Film Alpes-Maritimes Côte d'Azur 2024
Location type
Categories
Apartment
Avenue
Basilica
Banks
Town
Tourism site
Church tower
Church
Escalier
Stairs (monumental)
Esplanade
Apartment building
Traditional house
Housing
House
Beach (sand)
Wharf
Tourism area
Street
Pedestrian street
Alley
Leisure site
Terrace
Old city
Village
City
Highways
Commercial area
Residential area
Environment
Seaside,
City
General presentation
The town of Menton has earned the nickname of Pearl of France, and its colourful facades overlooking the spacious beach between sea and mountains are one of its finest assets. Tourist blogs often rank this view among the most colourful in France and the world.
The facades are coloured in ochre tones (yellow ochre, red ochre, stone tones), and the wooden windows with blinds help to embellish the landscape, which has attracted many artists, such as Cocteau, who have transcribed the colours of Menton in their works.
Menton is often chosen by film and audiovisual productions to represent Italy.
Location Condition Type
Well maintained
Construction period
XIXth Century,
XVIIIth Century,
XXth Century
Dominant style
Traditionnal regional architecture
Specific styles
Open - Outdoor
Remarkable architectural elements
Stairs (monumental),
Stairs
Materials
Concrete - Cement - Breezeblock,
Roughcast - Coating - Paint,
Natural location : Pebble,
Building front : Whitewashed - Plaster - Stucco,
Building front : Roughcast - Coating - Paint,
Building front : Freestone - Limestone - Chalk,
Sand
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