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AFP Published March 2, 2013

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People look at an audio visual show projected on the walls of the "Carrieres de Lumieres" site (Quarries of lights) "Monet, Renoir,...Chagall.Voyages en Méditerranée", on February 28, 2013, in the southern French city of Les Baux-de-Provence. —Text and images by AFP

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