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Marseille's Cité Radieuse damaged by fire

   Authorities assess damage to architect Le Corbusier's Radiant City, a landmark of modernist architecture
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   Frefighters tackle a blaze in three flats at Le Corbusier's Cité Radieuse in Marseille. Photograph: Bruno Planchais/AFP/Getty Images

   One of France's most important landmarks of modernist architecture, La Cité Radieuse housing estate in Marseille, built by the architect Le Corbusier, has been damaged by fire.

   Fire services fought for over 12 hours to put out a blaze that began on Thursday afternoon in a first floor flat in the nine-storey concrete complex which is protected by special heritage status in France.
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   Marseille's Cité Radieuse damaged by fire
   This article was published on the Guardian website at 10.41 GMT on Friday 10 February 2012. It was last modified at 20.30 BST on Saturday 29 June 2013.