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Cité de Refuge

La Cité de Refuge is a building in Paris, France designed by the architect Le Corbusier. It was designed for the Salvation Army and opened in 1933. Since that time it has been occupied by the French Salvation Army. The building, one of Le Corbusier's first urban housing projects, was designated a National Historical Monument of France in 1975.

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1933

Quartier de la Gare, Quartier de la Gare, France

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