Grand Bandar

The Grand Bandar, before and after.

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The original Grand Bandar served as a hotel within the Val de Mareine, catering to nobility and nouveau-riches alike

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When rebuilt and restored in the 1940s, the Grand Bandar took on a decidedly modernist architectural style and attempted to operate as a hotel before being bought by the Gaullican state for historical purposes.

The Grand Bandar is a historic site and museum within the spa town of Aubusson in the Val de Mareine. Historically, the Grand Bandar was a grandiose mountainside resort utilised by the elements of both aristocratic and industrial society.

Prior to the Great War the mountainside resort became a popular destination for holidaying amongst the upper ranks of the Parti Populaire, so much so that Rafael Duclerque - the Gaullican Premier at the time - acquired the building for himself. Made impractical and thoroughly bombed during the Greatr War, the building fell into disrepair and ruin.

Following a failed attempted rebuilding and reopening in a new architectural style, it was bought by the Gaullican state in the 1950s to serve as a museum of anti-functionalism as well as catalogue the foundation of the Gaullican Republic.

Internationally renowned for its reconstruction and change in architectural style, the Grand Bandar receives an average of 6.7 million tourists a year. Notable exhibits include a preserved room utilised by Rafael Duclerque and a room dedicated to the preserved speeches of Albert Montecardé.