{"id":806,"date":"2019-10-26T12:13:21","date_gmt":"2019-10-26T12:13:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/?page_id=806"},"modified":"2020-10-04T13:03:11","modified_gmt":"2020-10-04T13:03:11","slug":"carrieres-de-lumieres-in-les-baux-de-provence","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/?page_id=806","title":{"rendered":"Carrieres de Lumieres in Les Baux"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"806\" class=\"elementor elementor-806\" data-elementor-post-type=\"page\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c69f0c4 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c69f0c4\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-7c5b457\" data-id=\"7c5b457\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-05f2425 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"05f2425\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1100\" height=\"403\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image.jpg\" class=\"attachment-full size-full wp-image-1095\" alt=\"uzes france photo of Chateau de la Commanderie\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image.jpg 1100w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image-300x110.jpg 300w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image-1024x375.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/06\/visit-uzes-france-landing-page-image-768x281.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1100px) 100vw, 1100px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f0349ab elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f0349ab\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-eef4828\" data-id=\"eef4828\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-40bf5c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"40bf5c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Light and Art in an Abandoned Quarry: the Carrieres de Lumieres in Les Baux de Proven\u00e7e<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-f9bc083 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"f9bc083\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b137196\" data-id=\"b137196\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0d3c782 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"0d3c782\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>There are those tourist attractions in France that everyone should see at least once: \u00a0Carcassone castle; the Louvre, the Eiffel tower; castles in the Loire Valley&#8230;and the Carrieres de Lumieres (the Cathedral of Light) in Les Baux de Provence should be added to that list.<\/p><p>It is guaranteed to dazzle you.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a9ab94f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a9ab94f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e2f62c7\" data-id=\"e2f62c7\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-d8b36c3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"d8b36c3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-last-judgement-whirl-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1681\" alt=\"the cut-out sections of the carrieres de lumieres make for an excellent venue\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-last-judgement-whirl-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-last-judgement-whirl-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42a752f elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42a752f\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-316328d\" data-id=\"316328d\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-7fbc19c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7fbc19c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Located in the upper part of Les Baux&#8217;s Vall\u00e9e d&#8217;Enfer (the Valley of Hell)&#8230;which, granted, is not the most appealing of names&#8230;the venue is located in an abandoned limestone quarry.<\/p><p>Only, that doesn&#8217;t describe it very well, because the quarry is located <i>inside<\/i> a mountain. You read that correctly, the quarry has been hollowed out of the mountain. And that is precisely what makes it so intriguing.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c228d65 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c228d65\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-30bd87b\" data-id=\"30bd87b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-23a5d96 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"23a5d96\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"400\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-quarry-768x512-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1684\" alt=\"the carriers des lumi\u00e8res takes place inside a mountain\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-quarry-768x512-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-quarry-768x512-1-300x200.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-5f08052 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"5f08052\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e51beed\" data-id=\"e51beed\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-c8bfdb1 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"c8bfdb1\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Getting there is fairly simple. \u00a0Les Baux is a well-known destination point of the Provence across the Rhone, and most people drive up the hill and then desperately begin looking for a place to park.<\/p><p>You will turn right and begin to climb a narrow road that has impressively-massive limestone boulders all over the mountainside. \u00a0There is a smallish parking lot just before you hit the entrance, but if it is full, continue driving up the hill and park where others have. \u00a0The walk down is quite pleasant. Consider it part of the event.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a7d5a33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a7d5a33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-c9f33c3\" data-id=\"c9f33c3\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-73ea590 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"73ea590\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-entry-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1679\" alt=\"the entry to the cathedrale des lumieres\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-entry-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-entry-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-8c058e1 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"8c058e1\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-716a307\" data-id=\"716a307\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-db3f197 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"db3f197\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Purchase a ticket and enter into the antechamber to the right. \u00a0Right away, you&#8217;ll notice how cool it is, even though it might broiling outside.<\/p><p>You&#8217;ll hear the sound of music, will walk toward it, enter a darker room, and then&#8230;<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e138f7d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e138f7d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-d339a56\" data-id=\"d339a56\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5df6f87 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5df6f87\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-les-baux-block-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1682\" alt=\"stunning images abound\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-les-baux-block-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-les-baux-block-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2ae863e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2ae863e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1c4e940\" data-id=\"1c4e940\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-1844b41 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"1844b41\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>It&#8217;s simply amazing. \u00a0At the Carrieres de Lumieres in Les Baux, magnificent images are broadcast on the walls, ledges, rooms and floor of the quarry. The white limestone acts as a perfect screen, and the twists and crannies of the passageways that have been cut out of the rock add an extra dimension, giving them a feeling of depth and spaciality \u00a0one would never experience if the images were shown on a perfectly flat screen.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bea4c5e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bea4c5e\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1807497\" data-id=\"1807497\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-ebf807d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"ebf807d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-stairway-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1686\" alt=\"the quality of the images is so great at carrieres des lumieres that you believe you could walk up the staircase at the back of the picture\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-stairway-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-stairway-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e11987a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e11987a\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a1f5e71\" data-id=\"a1f5e71\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-eebb66c elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"eebb66c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>The Carrieres de Lumi\u00e8res is a multi-media spectacle devoted to the arts. &nbsp;Every year, the people who are in charge of the program pselect a topic that they build their exhibition around. Over the years, we have seen &#8216;Heaven and Hell&#8217; (featuring images of angels, saints and devils taken from northern France&#8217;s most storied cathedrals); an event devoted to the art of Hieronymous Bosch (frightening, hallucinatory images); Pablo Picasso (which showcased his multiple periods, among them the Blue); or, the last time, a program devoted to the art of Michelangelo, Da Vinci, and Raphael.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">Note the stairway in the image above. &nbsp;If you had been with us, you would have sworn that you could walk up it.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfe12b3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfe12b3\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-80af67b\" data-id=\"80af67b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a291f4d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"a291f4d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-reach-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1685\" alt=\"it may be torrid outside, but inside the mountain, the air is fresh and cool\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-reach-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-reach-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-3f984aa elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"3f984aa\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-b0ece8f\" data-id=\"b0ece8f\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-67b0b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"67b0b91\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>You wander from room to room in the near darkness. The images are not static, and regularly change. They are also broadcast on the floor, which has made this passageway most intriguing.&nbsp;<span style=\"font-size: 1em;\">And at times, the images even wash over you.<\/span><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37bce33 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37bce33\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-e10ede6\" data-id=\"e10ede6\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-5e8e72d elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"5e8e72d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"450\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-madonna.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1683\" alt=\"detail at the carrieres de lumieres\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-madonna.jpg 450w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-madonna-225x300.jpg 225w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 450px) 100vw, 450px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a086bc8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a086bc8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1337af9\" data-id=\"1337af9\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-48762be elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"48762be\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>During the last exhibition, the far part of the quarry was dedicated to the images of people that these Greats of the Renaissance had painted. We stood there in the dark as one sublime image after the other was presented to us.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-9795e22 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"9795e22\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-ef80b9c\" data-id=\"ef80b9c\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-709181b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"709181b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/10\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-madonna.jpg\" title=\"\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4a27db8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4a27db8\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-5dc7d7e\" data-id=\"5dc7d7e\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-003c8e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"003c8e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>If you&#8217;re ever in the area, do try and catch a showing at the Carrieres de Lumieres in Les Baux. You won&#8217;t regret it.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-39796fc elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"39796fc\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-78cca23\" data-id=\"78cca23\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-26d6c6b elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"26d6c6b\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"600\" height=\"450\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-fingers-touch-768x576-1.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1680\" alt=\"it becomes difficult to believe these are projected, flat images\" srcset=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-fingers-touch-768x576-1.jpg 600w, https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-cathedrale-des-images-fingers-touch-768x576-1-300x225.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 600px) 100vw, 600px\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-e1c2200 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"e1c2200\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-8df1d82\" data-id=\"8df1d82\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-16ec1cd elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"16ec1cd\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-2f910e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"2f910e3\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ea9a5cf elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ea9a5cf\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-e-type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-9b518a5\" data-id=\"9b518a5\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-8eb2fe0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"8eb2fe0\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h4 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">From the Book:<br>Chapter 5:  Dark Clouds, Silver Linings<\/h4>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-91547f5 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"91547f5\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>A stop at Les Baux&#8217;s Cathedrale des Images (now the Carrieres des Lumieres) was <i>de<\/i> <i>riguer<\/i>. An idiosyncratic multimedia spectacle, the Cathedrale des Images was part slide show, part musical performance, and part cave tour.<\/p><p>Every year, images devoted to a specific theme would be projected on the snow-white pillars, columns, and twisting passageways of an abandoned limestone quarry. The quarry was actually located <i>inside<\/i> the mountain, and served as a giant projection screen.<\/p><p>That year&#8217;s production was titled &#8220;Heaven and Hell,&#8221; and images of angels, saints, devils, and brilliant sections of stained glass windows\u2014photographed at northern France&#8217;s most storied cathedrals\u2014appeared on the ceiling, floor and walls of the white-as-a-screen limestone rock, and at times were even projected onto our very bodies.<\/p><p>Erik enjoyed jumping on the devils whenever he saw one projected on the floor, and put his head back and laughed when he was able to accomplish a series of devil-leaps in an impromptu game of Hades hopscotch.<\/p><p>I stood in the dark and felt the gentle nudge of guilt again. It was true that we&#8217;d come to France to find a house, but that should always have remained secondary to the enjoyment of simple pleasures. It was so easy to see that now. Why not, then?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-414398b\" data-id=\"414398b\" data-element_type=\"column\" data-e-type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-fb32721 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"fb32721\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"409\" height=\"600\" src=\"https:\/\/frenchstonesbook.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/07\/secret-france-french-stones-book-cover-LANDIG-PAGE.jpg\" class=\"attachment-medium_large size-medium_large wp-image-1527\" alt=\"\" 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