Sun Tower stands at 7 Avenue Princesse Alice, in Monte-Carlo. It was completed around 1964 to designs by Louis Rué. It has 23 levels, is Modernist in style and holds apartments and shops.
The building
7 Avenue Princesse Alice, Monte-Carlo, Monaco – facts from the open sources, each with its source.
Facts
- Address
- 7 Avenue Princesse Alice
- Use
- Apartment buildingOpenStreetMap
- Built
- c. 1964Metro Mode
- Architect
- Louis RuéOpenStreetMap / Wikidata
- Floors
- 22OpenStreetMap building:levels
- Height
- 69 mfrom the storeys in OpenStreetMap (3.1 m a floor)
- Footprint
- 813 m²OpenStreetMap
- Quartier
- Monte-Carlo
The sun
Hours of direct sun on each façade at the middle floor, and floor by floor on the sunniest one (SSW). The hills behind Monaco, the sea and every building around are counted.
Façade by façade
| Façade | 21 March | 21 June | 21 Sept. | 21 Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SSW 21 m | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| ESE 39 m | 6.9 | 7.3 | 7.1 | 5.8 |
| WNW 39 m | 3.8 | 5.5 | 3.7 | 2.5 |
| NNE 21 m | 1.5 | 2.1 | 1.4 | 0.0 |
Floor by floor
| Floor | 21 March | 21 June | 21 Sept. | 21 Dec. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ground floor | 3.5 | 8.8 | 3.5 | 2.8 |
| Floor 1 | 4.8 | 8.8 | 4.8 | 2.8 |
| Floor 2 | 6.6 | 8.8 | 6.6 | 2.8 |
| Floor 3 | 8.0 | 8.8 | 8.0 | 2.8 |
| Floor 4 | 8.5 | 8.8 | 8.5 | 5.7 |
| Floor 5 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.6 | 7.8 |
| Floor 6 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| Floor 7 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| Floor 8 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| Floor 9 | 8.7 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| Floor 10 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.2 |
| Floor 11 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| Floor 12 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| Floor 13 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| Floor 14 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| Floor 15 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| Floor 16 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.7 | 8.3 |
| Floor 17 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
| Floor 18 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
| Floor 19 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
| Floor 20 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
| Floor 21 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.8 | 8.3 |
VERA PI’s sun model (NOAA); ground at 56 m from the Copernicus GLO-30 surface model. Clear sky; an estimate, not a measurement.
Getting there
- Nearest bus stop
- Square Beaumarchaisline 1, line 2, line 6, line N2 · 1 min on foot
- Beach
- Plage du Solarium11 min on foot
- Port
- port Hercule7 min on foot
- From the Casino
- 3 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
- From the Palais
- 17 min on footestimate, with the stairs and lifts
Nearby
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Sources
Building outline, height, floors, use and address: © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0.
Sun: VERA PI’s model; terrain Copernicus GLO-30 (© DLR e.V. 2010-2014 and © Airbus Defence and Space GmbH 2014-2018, provided under COPERNICUS by the European Union and ESA).
Buses: Compagnie des Autobus de Monaco GTFS (Licence Ouverte 2.0).
PSS-archi: Sun Tower