A short walk up the road from Les Baux is this amazing place called Cathedrale D’Images. It is a disused limestone quarry, and is not only fascinating from that point of view, but the site is now used to project stunning video displays onto all the walls and floors simultaneously. They change the theme annually – last year’s theme was Van Gogh, and guess what we got … “Australia”, oh goody. They call the event “Le Spectacle” and a spectacle it was indeed.
 the entrance |  |  that’s Linz sitting in the RH corner |
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This looks really fascinating - wish I could see it for real.
ReplyDeleteWe got Van Gogh's works. But of course you have to showcase Australia to those from NZ.
ReplyDeleteThe name Les Baux gives its name to the mineral mined here, bauxite, from which we get aluminium. So the rocks were actually quite light and easily cut and moved. I thought the place looked like the Temple of Karnak (which I have never actually seen) because of its height. Amazing place. I'm having a real Italy and france fest today on your blog.