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Pontaillac
Royan, France
Type: Other
Status: Closed
Open: 1880
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| The first cercle de jeux in Royan was created in 1880 by twenty-two shareholders in the halls of the Grand Hotel de l 'Europe. Competitor of the Grand Casino of Foncillon, it was closed in 1882, by the Mayor of Royan, a partisan of the casino, with the incredible argument that its members did not pay the quotas. The establishment was installed with luxury and good taste, and came to be frequented with assiduity by the aristocracy that came from holidays to Royan. It will be reopened on August 3, 1891 for a short time. |
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Denom: ₣0.50
Added: 2017-11-20
Metalic jeton. Octogonal. 50 centimes (0,5F)
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Added: 2017-11-20
Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
“The Kursaal of Pontaillac that Léon Bordeu was the organizing creator in the great building of the Hotel de l'Europe made in the year of the opening a revenue of 42000 francs against 80000 francs of the Casino de Royan ... As soon as Bordeu came to Royan and saw the Hotel de l'Europe told me "An isolated building, surrounded by gardens, that's what I need ... there is no orchestra but I will have one ... The second secret was to install cars between the Casino de Royan and the Kursaal de Pontaillac .. .”
From " Notes intimes de Pontaillac ancien, 1893". Source www.gallica.bnf.fr
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Contributed by: Carlos Pascoal
"M. Laffon, then President of the Cercle des Etrangers, received from the Maire de Royat, order to close the cercle and consequently to Kursaal ... given the fact that its members do not pay the contributions regularly ...."
From " Notes intimes de Pontaillac ancien, 1893". Source www.gallica.bnf.fr
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