Google Sightseeing takes you on tour of the world as seen from satellite, using the free Google Earth program, or Google Maps in your web browser. Each weekday your guides James and Alex present new weird and wonderful sights as suggested by readers.
The colourful tiled roof Hexa Grace is the artistic creation of Victor Vasarely, who is famed as the father of Op-Art. (Close-up photo.)
The green roofed building to the North West is the famed Casino Monte Carlo.
Thanks: Jeff Vinocur & George Berenschot
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Wow, that’s rather pretty looking from up here… makes you wonder if GoogleMaps got the colors right.
What is “Op-Art”? And does anyone know of any ground-level shots of this building?
Ground level shot of Hexa Grace:
http://www.pbase.com/kersti/image/45815825/
[Op-Art][1] is “a term used to described certain paintings made primarily in the 1960s which exploit the fallibilty of the eye through the use of optical illusions.”
[1]: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Op-art
Cool – you can trace out the track they use for the Monte Carlo Grand Prix
Checkout also the really cool freeway/motorway that runs out from the city – the engineers obviously had a minimum number of bridges and tunnels to build in order to break some record!
I am pretty damn sure i suggested that about 1/2 to a year ago
Sorry Rob, Your submission was “This is the Centre de congrès auditorium in beautiful and expensive Monaco” which I thought was talking about a different building.
Thanks to you too.
Ground level shot of Hexa Grace is changed. New url: http://www.ourworldtravels.com/eurotrip/monaco-monte-carlo/gallery/hexa-grace-monte-carlo