Bastion Saint-Jaume, Antibes, Côte d’Azur, France

            'Le Nomade', by Catalan artist Jaume Plensa, was commissioned by the Ville d’Antibes and the Picasso Museum for a temporary exhibition in 2007 but in 2010 the nomad became a permanent resident of Antibes, here on the upper terrace of the Bastion Saint-Jaume.
The massive yet delicate structure, eight metres tall and composed of white-painted, stainless steel letters, depicts a seated man facing the Mediterranean (though gaps rather than a face or feet), almost like a figurehead on the fortifications. Visitors are able to walk inside and, conceptually, use the space and peace to travel mentally. It must look wonderful when illuminated at night. Next time....

As Plensa has said, "Like bricks, letters have a potential for construction: they enable us to construct thought".

The first building on this site was a Roman temple to emperor Septimus Severus, the ruins later becoming a chapel to St. James, on the pilgrimage route to Santiago de Compostela. This in turn was sacrificed in favour of town walls in the 16th Century; the Bastion Saint-Jaume itself was a 17th Century enhancement by the renowned French military engineer Sébastien le Prestre, de Vauban.
As the need for defence declined, the fort was roofed and accommodated a shipyard until 1985, there was a shipyard here too; Jacque Cousteau's ship 'Calypso' was fitted-out here in c.1950.
By 2005, essential repairs became a full restoration; 'Le Nomade' commemorated the curtain wall being made available to the public.
   

Taken in: France / Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur / Arrondissement de Grasse / Antibes (show map)

Taken on: November 22, 2015

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