The proposal for the rebuilding of St Dié reassembled the bombed-out population in eight tall apartment blocks, each fully equipped with communal services. By this means a consciousness of the magnificent mountain scenery would have penetrated the heart of the town and would have entered into the daily home-life of its people. Within the proposed new Core of St Dié are a tall administrative building (1 on plan opposite); a tourist centre and trades union hall (2); shops and cafés (3); a community hall (4); a museum of knowledge (5).