Piscine de la République

Front of the building

Piscine de la République is the name of a small public bath on the Place de la République, which was built in 1911 in the center of Gap in France. The building stands free on the long side of one of the central squares.

history

The bath was created as part of the redesign of the city center at the beginning of the 20th century. The Trébaudon district was demolished and the Place de la République was created in its place . The street Rue de Trébaudon to the west of the building is reminiscent of the quarter . Under Mayor Paul Caillat, planning began in 1913 for the construction of a bathhouse with showers and tubs in order to improve the sanitary conditions in the city. The architect Hippolyte Couttet was responsible for the new building. On January 15, 1913, the city council approved 130,000 francs for this. On March 15, the Minister of the Interior informed the prefect of the Hautes-Alpes department about the approval of 110,000 francs two days in advance for the construction applied for. On May 15th, the architect's plans were presented to the building commission and the required building materials were ordered on July 5th.

The construction work, which began in March 1914 , was interrupted on August 2nd due to mobilization for the First World War. Work did not continue until July 19, 1919, after a price increase of 250 percent had required a supplementary budget. Further price increases prevented completion on time. The bath was opened on July 5, 1924. From 1934 to 1936 Gap's first swimming pool was built and had direct access from the neighboring high school.

architecture

The building was erected with a steel frame construction and brick masonry, a construction that was particularly characteristic of functional buildings at the time. The outer skin was provided with strongly contrasting, horizontally alternating plaster. The lap pool is 25 meters long.

Web links

Pascal Serres: Nos archives racontent: Des bains-douches à la picine de la République. Gap en Mag n ° 21, summer 2014, pp. 38–39 (French)
Anthony Piton: Journée du patrimoine: Plongée dans l'histoire de la petite piscine de la République à Gap . D! CI TV & Radio, September 17, 2016 (French)

Individual evidence

^ Jean-François Rubin, Arnaud Schwartz: GEOguide Alpes du sud . Gallimard Loisirs Publishing House, Paris, 2009, ISBN 978-2742442690 , p. 206.

44.558888888889 6.0772222222222Coordinates: 44 ° 33 ′ 32 " N , 6 ° 4 ′ 38" E

[1] Jean-François Rubin, Arnaud Schwartz: GEOguide Alpes du sud . Gallimard Loisirs Publishing House, Paris, 2009, ISBN 978-2742442690 , p. 206.