{
  "id": 3291124,
  "title": "Retro 'sunflower' pools bring nostalgia to Paris region and beyond",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/25/retro-sunflower-pools-bring-nostalgia-to-paris-region-and-beyond",
  "topic": "world",
  "section": "World",
  "published": "2026-08-25T15:00:08.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "Le Monde English",
    "slug": "le-monde-english",
    "url": "https://www.lemonde.fr/en/summer-reads/article/2026/08/25/retro-sunflower-pools-bring-nostalgia-to-paris-region-and-beyond_6756835_183.html"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "'Aquatic Monuments' (5/6). The Tournesol pool, an emblem of prefabricated and modular architecture, spread throughout France in the 1970s, leaving its mark on generations of swimmers with its flying saucer-like appearance. Built in 1976, the Raymond-Mulinghausen pool in Les Lilas, on the edge of Paris, still welcomes swimmers in an almost unchanged setting.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}