Located on the north side of the historic center of the town of Cahors and a few steps away from the banks of the Lot River, this cinema stands on a former site dedicated to the army (today renamed Place Bessi\u00e8res). The project offered the opportunity to recreate and reinterpret the symmetry of the preexisting army barracks by occupying the area of the east wing of this complex, destroyed by fire in 1943. Previously serving as a parking lot, the Place Bessi\u00e8res has been transformed into a broad and welcoming urban space dedicated to pedestrians and protected by an existing canopy of trees.
\nThe square is mostly paved in brick but benefits from a dense green area at the center called “the oasis”.\u00a0The Museum of the Resistance, previously housed in a building on this site which was demolished to make way for this project, will be located on the building\u2019s top level with an entrance clearly separate from the cinema.<\/p>