Rockstore, Concert hall and monument historique in Montpellier, France

The Rockstore is a concert hall and club in a neoclassical stone building in central Montpellier, rebuilt in 1821 with a triangular pediment. Its facade carries a red Cadillac rear end set into the wall above the arched entrance, with dark metal lattice gates below and a vertical ROCKSTORE poster to the right. Inside are five bars, a main concert room and an upper floor for electronic music.

In 1264 Cardinal Foucaud consecrated the church of a Franciscan Cordelier convent; the monks' burial crypt lies beneath today's concert room. Destroyed and rebuilt during the Wars of Religion, it became a Protestant temple, returned to Catholic use after the 1685 revocation of the Edict of Nantes, and was sold as national property in 1791. The Protestant consistory bought it in 1803 and rebuilt it in 1821 in neoclassical style.

The name comes from the red Cadillac rear end set into the facade in 1986, inspired by the first Hard Rock Café in New York; it became the venue's symbol. Inside are five bars, including a café-rock at the entrance, a main concert room and a floor for electronic music, with a capacity of about 1,000.

The Rockstore stands in the centre of Montpellier, entered through dark metal lattice gates beneath the red Cadillac fixed above the door. Inside are five bars, including a café-rock at the entrance, a large concert room and an upper floor for electronic music. The hall holds about 1,000 people; the 2013 renovation, delayed by archaeological remains, kept the burials in the concert room.

The red rear half of a Cadillac (series 62, 7th generation) juts from the facade above the entrance, fitted in 1986 as a marquee after the Hard Rock Café in New York. It became the venue's emblem. The concert hall stands above a crypt where Franciscan monks were buried.