Juan-les-Pins
Coordinates: 43 ° 34 ' N , 7 ° 7' E
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Juan-les-Pins [ ʒyˌɑ̃.leˈpɛ̃ ] is a seaside resort on the Gulf of Juan on the Côte d'Azur , from which the place name is derived. The place belongs to the municipality of Antibes and is located in the Alpes-Maritimes department in the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region . The town center (bounded by the sea, the Rue Courbet and the Chemin du Croûton) housed 4,993 inhabitants in 2008. After Nice is about 20 kilometers to Cannes over twelve kilometers.
history
The summer and winter health resort was built in 1925 as a suburb of Antibes at the southern beginning of the peninsula and was soon the destination of tourists seeking relaxation. Numerous luxury hotels and sophisticated private villas with spacious grounds made Juan-les-Pins a much-visited and expensive seaside resort. American artists and business people in particular spent a "time of idleness and a thousand parties", as the US writer F. Scott Fitzgerald described it. Marlene Dietrich , Gary Cooper , Josephine Baker and Coco Chanel were among the prominent guests at Juan-les-Pins.
Also since 1960 taking place there Jazz Festival Jazz à Juan , which in addition to the Festival Montreux Jazz and the North Sea Jazz Festival is one of the most famous in Europe, contributed to fame at 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 a stage stop on the Tour de France and where famous people stayed. In the opening credits of the series Die 2 with Roger Moore and Tony Curtis you can see the place in the background.
Hotel Provençal
In 1927 the multimillionaire Frank Jay Gould built the Hotel Provençal in Juan-les-Pins, which was closed in 1976 and has been vacant since then. The hotel and the story of Juan-les-Pins are featured in the documentary “ Hotel Provencal. The rise and fall of the Riviera ”by Lutz Hachmeister is the theme (ZDF / arte 2000). The building is now known as one of the largest hotel ruins in the world. A renovation is in progress. Numerous celebrities such as Charlie Chaplin , Lilian Harvey and Man Ray were guests in the former luxury hostel . When numerous jazz musicians visited the Hotel Provençal after the end of the Second World War, Juan-les-Pins developed into a jazz stronghold.
Personalities
Some famous people are associated with this place. Here lived or died among others:
- Julius Brammer lived here in exile since 1940 and died on April 18, 1943
- The jazz musician Sidney Bechet (1897–1959) was often on stage here and married his wife Elisabeth Ziegler in Antibes . He is buried here too.
- Lilian Harvey died here in 1968.
- Liselott Linsenhoff died here in 1999.
- The author Graham Greene lived secluded in the city for many years.
- The French actor Dominique Guillo spent his childhood here.
- The French actor and singer Georges Milton died here in 1970.
See also
Web links
- Office de Tourisme et des Congrès
- Information about Juan-les-Pins at Frankreich-Süd.de
- Jazz festival in Juan-les-Pins
Individual evidence
- ↑ PROJECTS: Noblesse oblige . In: Der Spiegel . No. 25 , 1999 ( online ).