Melides Lagoon
The Grândola Chamber embarked on a work by French fashion creator Christian Louboutin in Melides for not complying with the law. Housing can now be demolished.
It is a 80-square-meter masonry housing that was being built on the Praia da Vigia Road, on the right bank of the one, as the.
A work was embargoed by municipal services and also reported to the Public Prosecution Service for “violation of the current urban rules in the context of Natura 2000 Network“The publication said.
Initially, the work was signaled by the municipality in October 2024, in the context of a municipal supervision which concluded that the work was exceeding without the compulsory municipal control provided for in the Legal Regime of Urbanization and Identification ”, cites the Business.
The services then proposed the embargo of the work, which ended up materializing. Now the next step can be the demolition.
“It has nothing to do with the person itself”
The Mayor of Grândola, António Figueira Mendes, tells the case that the case “It doesn’t have to do with the person itselfbut with a normal inspection process ”, noting that the illegalities in the work were detected during a “Routine Visit”.
Louboutin is one of many who have invested in Melides, a zone that has suffered great tourist pressurewith the consequent growth of various urban works.
Since 2020, the Authority of Grândola has detected 40 works carried out without authorizationnamely “wooden houses, prefabricated mobile houses, masonry buildings, pools and maritime containers”, according to Business.
Louboutin, who is famous for the red sole shoes, opened a Hotel in Melidesin 2013, and is building another on the left bank of the lagoon.
The fashion designer has a fortune evaluated at 1.1 billion eurosand is part of the Melides Interdital Association that advocates good environmental practices to protect the Melides Lagoon and its surroundings.
