L'Étoile du Sud (Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine, Centre, France) - Googie Architecture on Waymarking.com

[FR] Ancienne station-service située à Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine.
Elle fut bâtie entre 1955 et 1956, son architecture fait irrésistiblement penser aux stations américaines de la Route 66.
Jouxtant un restaurant routier, le relais "Charles Martel" distribua des carburants OZO puis Total (on peut encore apercevoir le liseré bleu sur la façade) jusqu'à la fin des années 1980. Il était ouvert jour et nuit excepté du samedi soir au dimanche soir avant d'être recyclé en bureau de vente de voitures d'occasions dans les années 1990. Son totem fut alors utilisé comme enseigne pour le restaurant "L'Etoile du Sud" aujourd'hui fermé.
[EN] Former service station located in Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine.
It was built between 1955 and 1956, its architecture is irresistibly reminiscent of the American stations of Route 66.
Adjoining a roadside restaurant, the relay "Charles Martel" distributed OZO fuels then Total (we can still see the blue border on the facade) until the late 1980s. It was open day and night except from Saturday evening to Sunday evening before being recycled into a sales office used cars in the 1990s. His totem was then used as a sign for the restaurant "L'Etoile du Sud" today closed.

Type of Structure: Building Upswept Roof / Folded Plate Roof(s): no Large Dome(s): no Large Sheet Glass Window(s): no Boomerang and/or Arrow Shape(s): yes Amoebae Shape(s): no Atomic Model(s): no Exposed Steel Beam(s): no Flying Saucer/Rocket Shape(s): no Physical Address: Nationale 10 Lieu-dit Bellevue SAINTE-MAURE-DE-TOURAINE, Indre-et-Loire France 37800 Starburst(s): Not Listed If I knew, I'd be an architect: Not Listed Web Address or URL: Not listed

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