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La Cathédral des Images
Located just before Les Baux on the D27 south of St. Rèmy.
Lex Baux de Provence
The Alpilles & the Garrigues
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33 04 90 54 38 65
Type: Religious Site
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Lex Baux de Provence
The Alpilles & the Garrigues
France
33 04 90 54 38 65
Type: Religious Site
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Many years ago, a good friend took me to see La Cathédral des Images, just below Les Baux, and I was, as the British say, gob
smacked. Enormous underground rooms (about 40 feet high) in a former limestone mine form the backdrop for a unique photographic artform.
Slides, choreographed to music, voice and sound effects, are projected onto columns of stone left when mining ended. The columns become natural screens, 15 to 30 feet wide by as much as 30 feet high, for a dizzying array of images that completely envelopes the viewer. They even wrap across the ceiling and creep along the floor.
Founded in the 1970s by photographer and writer Albert Plécy, La Cathédral des Images is still run by his family, who organize a new show annually. Like nothing else you’ve ever seen! And bring a sweater or jacket. It’s very cold almost 200 feet underground.
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