Place Ardoïno
Place Ardoïno is a public square in Menton’s newer quarter, shaped during the city’s nineteenth-century expansion. Arcaded buildings frame the space, while a public garden brings greenery into the urban centre. Their porticos recall the squares of Piedmont and echo Place Masséna in Nice on a smaller scale.
Baron Nicolas Honoré Ardoïno owned the land and donated plots in the early 1870s to Dr. Bottini and Baron Partouneaux. The plan placed buildings along Rue Honorine, facing the Cercle Philharmonique, now Menton’s town hall. Philippe Randon, an architect from Nice, designed the buildings that give the square its Italian character. An intended extension of Rue Honorine to the sea never took shape.
A monument to Louis Laurenti, Menton’s mayor from 1885 to 1896, stands within this historical setting. Léopold Bernstamm, a sculptor from Riga who settled in Menton, created the bust above it. Across the square, the Hôtel des Arcades once carried the name Hôtel des Négociants.
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