Celebrations for Saint Devota's Day – Security Measures

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In connection with the celebrations for Saint Devota's Day on Thursday 26 January 2017, and in view of the current international context, increased security is being implemented this year.

Therefore, from 5 p.m. to 9 p.m., the area extending from the Place Sainte Dévote to No. 9, Avenue du Président J.F. Kennedy, will be closed.

A filtering system will be put in place, giving pedestrian access (a check point with visual inspections), as follows:

(1)  Persons who need to access the Quai des Etats-Unis/Kennedy (participants in the Procession and residents) must present themselves at one of the two entry points:

-          By the side of the "Pattaya" establishment

-          By the side of the Ubaldi establishment (access by pedestrian underpasses)

(2)  Persons wishing to reach the Place Sainte Dévote and the Sainte Dévote Steps should take the following itineraries:

• Place Ste Dévote:

-          Access via the upper section of the pavement in the Avenue d'Ostende

-          Access via the pedestrian underpasses from the Rue Grimaldi ("Panorama" building), the Avenue d'Ostende (lower section of the pavement – by the sea) and the Boulevard Albert 1er. 

• Sainte Dévote Steps:

-          Access by the passageway by the side of the entrance to the Galerie Sainte Dévote.

N.B.:  It will be forbidden for travellers to journey from or in the direction of the SNCF railway station via the Vallon Sainte Dévote (access is possible from the Galerie Sainte Dévote).