The Jean-Marie Tjibaou Cultural Centre, on the narrow Tinu Peninsula, approximately 8 kilometres northeast of the historic centre of Nouméa, celebrates the vernacular Kanak culture, the indigenous culture of New Caledonia, amidst much political controversy over the independent status sought by some Kanaks from French rule.
It opened in June 1998 and was designed by Italian architect Renzo Piano and named after Jean-Marie Tjibaou, the leader of the independence movement who was assassinated in 1989 and had a vision of establishing a cultural centre which blended the linguistic and artistic heritage of the Kanak people.
For more information => Tjibaou_Cultural_Centre
The Musée de la Ville de Nouméa on Rue Jean Jaurès,
is the city's former town hall (1880).
So many good memories of my trips to Madagascar
on Messageries Maritimes ships...
La maison Célières, Faubourg Blanchot, Nouméa
