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The latest news in the History of Western Art from the Middle Age to the 1930's
The Plan Local d’Urbanisme in Versailles : from bad to worse 16/01/2012
The Versailles Municipal Council, on 24 November 2011, approved a revision of the Plan Local d’Urbanisme [Local Zoning Plan]. The city is therefore determined to implement its project consisting in replacing its current reversible zoning policy (...)
Versailles : 520,000 euros per Hectare ! 12/03/2012
The city of Versailles, faced with the scandal rising from its PLU project, is now proposing to return the land corresponding to the former Pion barracks to the government. The conditions of this sale - still valid at time of publication - are (...)
Versailles City Hall Blunders on the SDRIF 27/01/2012
We have already explained here why the argument presented by the Mayor of Versailles claiming the Schéma directeur de la région d’Ile-de-France (SDRIF) as a truly restrictive document cannot be taken seriously. We can now definitely prove that it (...)
The Curious Response from Versailles City Hall 19/01/2012
The response from Versailles City Hall to our articles, published here, is interesting. First of all because it does not bring into question any of our conclusions concerning the PLU, that is notably its consequences in terms of density and (...)
The Solar Decathlon, another Threat to the Park in Versailles 07/05/2012
We know that François de Mazières had supported the pernicious "urbanisme de projet" of Benoist Apparu, in his capacity of "Mayor of Versailles, President of the Agglomerated Community of Versailles Grand Parc, President of the Cité de (...)
PLU of Versailles : City Hall’s First Concessions ? 08/02/2012
Is Versailles starting a retreat, aware of its contradictions and that the debate concerning the PLU has now reached national proportions ? In any case, the press release issued last 27 January leads us to think (...)
Versailles : Jean-Jacques Aillagon Now Opposes the Previous President of the Public Establishment 03/01/2012
In 2011, Jean-Jacques Aillagon, the president of the Etablissement public de Versailles, had supported the installation of the Roland-Garros tennis tournament on the property of the Matelots and the Mortemets, which had been promised to the (...)
The SPPEF Files an Administrative Appeal against the Versailles PLU 01/02/2012
Last 24 January, the new PLU for Versailles could have been officially applied thus preventing any further opposition. Fortunately, the Société pour la Protection des Paysages et de l’Esthétique de la France, presided by Alexandre Gady whom we (...)
