Le Portier

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Le Portier{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=piNtzXg0qDQC&q=le+portier+monaco&pg=PA283|title=World and Its Peoples|date=2010|publisher=Marshall Cavendish|isbn=978-0-7614-7887-4|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Bryant|first=Jon|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=zEaDDwAAQBAJ&q=le+portier+monaco&pg=PT167|title=Moon French Riviera: Nice, Cannes, Saint-Tropez, and the Hidden Towns in Between|date=2020-02-04|publisher=Avalon Publishing|isbn=978-1-64049-081-9|language=en}} ({{IPA|fr|lə pɔʁtje}}), sometimes referred to as Portier Cove{{cite web|last=Smisek|first=Peter|date=2019-09-12|title=Monaco's Land Reclamation Reaches Key Milestone|url=https://www.theb1m.com/video/monacos-land-reclamation-project-reaches-important-milestone|access-date=2020-10-03|website=The B1m|language=en}} or Mareterra, is a residential area opened in December 2024.{{cite web|url=https://www.visitmonaco.com/de/news/60748/mareterra-monaco-s-new-eco-neighbourhood|title=Mareterra, Monaco's new eco-neighbourhood|date=2024-12-05|publisher=Visit Monaco}}{{in lang|fr}} [https://www.lemoniteur.fr/article/l-extension-marine-de-monaco-pose-ses-fondations-diaporama.1967394 L’extension marine de Monaco pose ses fondations] It is part of the traditional Quartier of Monte Carlo in the Principality of Monaco,{{Cite book|last=Folley|first=Malcolm|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=dMwxDQAAQBAJ&q=le+portier+monaco&pg=PT416|title=Monaco: Inside F1's Greatest Race|date=2017-05-18|publisher=Random House|isbn=978-1-4735-3773-6|language=en}}{{Cite book|last=Nogueira|first=Adeilson|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ORd6DwAAQBAJ&q=le+portier+monaco&pg=PA14|title=Moedas De MÔnaco|date=4 April 2018 |publisher=Clube de Autores (managed)|language=pt}} and constitutes the eleventh modern administrative Monégasque ward.{{in lang|fr}} [http://projets-architecte-urbanisme.fr/extension-monaco-mer-mediterranee-forum-grimaldi-portier/ "Monaco va s’étendre de 6 hectares sur la mer entre l’anse du Portier et le Grimaldi Forum" (article, infos and map)]

History

The project, started in the early 2000s and scheduled for 2014, was abandoned in 2009 at the command of Prince Albert II due to the state of the nation's finances. In 2011, new funds were acquired and the project resumed construction.{{in lang|fr}} [http://www.lemoniteur.fr/133-amenagement/article/actualite/21914108-quatre-groupements-en-lice-pour-l-extension-en-mer-de-monaco "Quatre groupements en lice pour l’extension en mer de Monaco"] (article on Le Moniteur)[http://www.monacohebdo.mc/9156-extension-en-mer-fontvieille-ou-larvotto "Extension en mer?: Fontvieille ou Larvotto??"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151016011101/http://www.monacohebdo.mc/9156-extension-en-mer-fontvieille-ou-larvotto |date=2015-10-16 }} (article on Monaco Hebdo)[http://monacolife.net/?action=select&tag=land+extension "Four candidates for land extension"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131210231405/http://monacolife.net/?action=select&tag=land+extension|date=2013-12-10}} (article on Monaco Life) In addition to a new residential area, there are plans to build new administrative buildings, museums and a theatre.

On July 18, 2019, the last interlocking concrete caisson was placed, closing the belt that delimits the offshore extension, thus specifically modifying the physical limits of Monaco.{{Cite web|date=2019-07-18|title=Bouygues a bouclé la ceinture de l'Anse du Portier à Monaco|url=https://www.monacomatin.mc/vie-locale/bouygues-a-boucle-la-ceinture-de-lanse-du-portier-a-monaco-398805|access-date=2020-09-21|website=Monaco-Matin|language=fr}} On December 16 of that year, construction of the new six-hectare strip was completed.{{Cite web|last=tpbm-presse.com|title=Monaco a gagné ses six hectares sur la mer|url=https://www.tpbm-presse.com/monaco-a-gagne-ses-six-hectares-sur-la-mer-3295.html|access-date=2020-09-21|website=TPBM Semaine Provence|date=23 December 2019 |language=fr}}

By the year 2020, work had been completed to reclaim land from the sea in the Mediterranean, leaving the area available for the construction of previously announced projects.{{Cite magazine|last=Kennedy|first=Catherine|date=2020-09-17|title=Precast caissons aid Monaco land reclamation|url=https://www.newcivilengineer.com/innovative-thinking/precast-caissons-aid-monaco-land-reclamation-17-09-2020/|access-date=2020-09-21|magazine=New Civil Engineer|language=en}}

Geography

Le Portier extends between Port Hercules and the Grimaldi Forum, on an area of {{Convert|6|ha|acre|abbr=}}.{{Cite web|last=|first=|date=|title=Projets-architecte-urbanisme.fr|url=http://projets-architecte-urbanisme.fr/extension-monaco-mer-mediterranee-forum-grimaldi-portier/|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130409122804/http://projets-architecte-urbanisme.fr/extension-monaco-mer-mediterranee-forum-grimaldi-portier/|archive-date=2013-04-09|access-date=2020-09-17|website=projets-architecte-urbanisme.fr}} It shares a border with the wards of Monte Carlo and Larvotto.

Special measures were taken to protect the environment, including the transfer of protected species in the area.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}

Construction

Mareterra_-_Le_Portier.jpg|February 2025

Le Portier in 2023.jpg|July 2023

20220621 100755 Monaco.jpg|June 2022

Chantier de l'Anse du Portier à Monaco.jpg|June 2021

Le Portier, Monaco in July 2020 03.jpg|July 2020

Leportier site sept2019.jpg|September 2019

Le Portier construction 05 2019.jpg|May 2019

See also

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