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Feria d'Arles is a popular festival centered on bull activities (including bullfighting) which is held each year in Arles, France.
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Feria d'Arles is a popular festival centered on bull activities (including bullfighting) which is held each year in Arles, France.
Two different ferias take place, one in mid-September and one in April. The Easter feria in April opens the French bullfighting season and attracts more than 500,000 people, including 50,000 who assist with the bullfights in the Arles Amphitheatre. [1] Numerous abrivados and bull games are organized in the city and people gather in the streets with bodegas, moving orchestras (called peñas) and concerts.
Arles is a coastal city and commune in the South of France, a subprefecture in the Bouches-du-Rhône department of the Provence-Alpes-Côte d'Azur region, in the former province of Provence.
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The Canal d'Arles à Fos is a canal in southern France. It connects the Rhône near Arles with Fos-sur-Mer. It is 31 km (19 mi) long with one lock.
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Arles station is a railway station serving the city of Arles, Bouches-du-Rhône, southeastern France. The station was opened in 1848 and is located on the Paris–Marseille railway. The train services are operated by SNCF.
The Rencontres d'Arles is an annual summer photography festival founded in 1970 by the Arles photographer Lucien Clergue, the writer Michel Tournier and the historian Jean-Maurice Rouquette.
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Christian Gaillard was a French painter born in Avignon, France. He lived in Paris and Arles, France.
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The abbey of Saint Mary of Arles-sur-Tech was a Benedictine monastery in Arles-sur-Tech in the Vallespir between the ninth century and the eighteenth. It was dedicated to Mary, mother of Jesus, and belonged to the diocese of Perpignan.
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