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© Dr Giuseppe Mazza
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Monte Carlo: Boulevard du Larvotto, sky-scrapers and the Grimaldi Forum
The Larvotto coast
Monaco: expansion works on the sea at Larvotto with noise barrier fence. Green spaces, roof gardens and yachts
The cleaning operations have begun after the drills in the first months of 2018. The mud is taken off without polluting
Under the watchful and bewildered eye of the seagulls, the bottom is cleaned up to the rock to create a solid platform in cement where to sink the giant caissons that will surround, consolidating it, the extension into the sea.
In parallel, along the coastline, a parking is built with underground connections
In late July the first of 18 huge floating caissons, arrives, they are 26 m tall and weigh 10.000 t
The caissons are sunk one next to the other delimiting the filling area
Full of gravel, they weigh 22.000 t and create a solid belt of reinforced concrete
In April 2019 the right side is already closed to the sea and the bulldozers are at work
In June 2019 the zone torn to the sea has considerably increased
The building site now is reached also by land with a descent for vehicles
The first cranes appear while the bottoms are settled for the future filling
By the end of August 2019 also the left side is closed to the sea and a giant crane rail appears
Two ships with long booms passing over the belt, alternate for filling up unabatedly the basin
Outside, the consolidating boulders are put in position one by one, under the control of divers
The big rail crane works tirelessly, sided by an impressive mobile crane on track
The bulldozers come and go from the heaps of gravel and another tongue of earth appears at the centre of the basin
By mid December the filling up is over: the area of the Principality of Monaco has increased of six hectares
Five months later the building is in full activity: the room for moving is almost absent
Night view of the building site from the Casino terraces in late October 2020
Sea extension and architectural changes in the Principality on June 18th, 2021. Casino Square’s new look. To note various buildings in construction and elevations. Beausoleil red roofs mark the boundary with France
Avenue Princesse Grace
The Sporting and the Larvotto, seen from the Monte Carlo Bay Hotel
Monaco: the Larvotto ward
Descent to Larvotto Beach
Restaurants along the beach of Larvotto
Beach life at Larvotto with background of skyscrapers
